Wow, can't believe they removed my comment just for defending the leaders of a genocidal regime. So much for le debate(tm)
As a liberal, literally the only thing I can conceive of doing is to vote for people who are making it worse within the legal bounds of a sham democracy established by a genocidal imperialist nation
I guess if contributing to the bad things makes me bad, then there's literally no other thing that I can do because it might cause me a modicum of personal discomfort
My inbox the very second the comment is removed for suggesting we do harmful things.
[Removed comment talking it one step further and suggesting we should do more of the harmful thing]
This is a Lemmy simulator post
[comment proudly declaring I do the harmful thing along with some weak rationalization]
There's a lot of nuance here, and I don't think anyone can answer the question about ableism sufficiently, but as a demisexual I just want to say that "why do you think the character is handsome when you don't know the character" seem like words from a person who has not yet discovered they are demi and thinks everyone is just like that lol
Headline: "Of the Air, leader of terrorist group, added to FBI most wanted list"
"We condemn all forms of violence. Violence is never acceptable." -Bernie Sanders (D.)
I think the message is clear that they only give a fuck if it affects them
Who's going to take these incremental steps? It's certainly not the Democrats. And how many people are you willing to throw under the bus while these incremental steps happen?
Moreover, deportation to El Salvadorian prisons were happening during the Biden presidency. No one talked about it because they were deporting the "right" people, and the oppressor was wearing blue.
As a person who is not one of the Being Harmed People, I can confidently declare that I have not personally experienced harm so I guess it's not so bad