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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Most just abstained

An abstain from voting is a vote that says "I'm fine with anyone or everyone". An abstain is a vote that says "I am complacent to the outcome".

If you want to protest, if nothing else, write in.

I can’t really blame people for drawing the line at genocide of all things

They didn't draw the line at genocide. If you stand and watch and do nothing you are complicit in the genocide.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I'll quote another comment of mine in this same thread.

The majority of people who fell into this camp of refusing to vote for her were Palestinians. They had every right not to vote for someone who openly said she would continue to fund and arm the people killing their families and utterly destroying their communities. The correct thing was always for the Democrats to support human rights globally, to stand firmly against colonialism and stand with the Palestinians. They refused to do that. It’s honestly incredibly gross to find fault with people refusing to politically support people who are explicitly involved in the destruction of their people.

The continuing refusal of liberals to have any empathy for Palestinians is entirely emblematic of the failures of the democratic party. Over and over and over again you will compromise on genocide, compromise on human rights itself, to defend the disgusting political decisions of the democratic establishment. It's never the fault of the democratic establishment for funding and arming a genocide, it's always the fault of the minorities who wouldn't vote for a party support the killing of their families and razing of their communities. How in god's name do you plan to fight against fascism if you can't even stand against racist colonialist ideology in the political party you support?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The majority of people who fell into this camp of refusing to vote for her were Palestinians.

Yeah, no. We don't have that many Palestinians here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

And how many people do you think did not vote for specifically because of her continued support of Israel? How many people are you imagining here?

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