Just putting this up to contrast with this post and because Eli Valley is a great political cartoonist.
Just a reminder...
this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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Liberals terrified that they'll be treated the same way they treat Palestinians.
Tell me you live under a rock without telling me you live under a rock.
"i am trump and i aprove of this message"
You want to have genocide And fascism? Because this is how you get genocide and fascism.
You want to have genocide And fascism?
We already have both of those under Biden.
Go read a history book, please
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huh weird it's almost as if Biden is president and there is genocide and fascism happening right now, so weird
Its weird its almost as if your statements are unburdened by reality
oh so there isn't a genocide? the United States doesn't have one of the most proportionally incarcerated populations in the world? our police didn't drive a tank to a college campus?
So here is a Trump quote about from a few days ago about Israels war on Hamas:
They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big. But they’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life.
So he actually wants Israel to speed up it's military operation and win.
As you can see, the US foreign policy position on Israel has absolutly nothing to do with with party or president. In fact, Trump is arguably more pro-Israel. He was also the one that moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, which was a big diplomatic "fuck you" for Palestinians.
the United States doesn’t have one of the most proportionally incarcerated populations in the world? our police didn’t drive a tank to a college campus?
Both of these have been true for decades and have nothing to do with Biden, just stupid whataboutism.
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Trump is worse, of course, but you are getting mainly downvotes because this is basically true and there is no counterargument that doesn't depend on the fact that American politics is broken. The comic isn't totally right (e.g. project 2025 is not Biden's plan) but it's too close for comfort for some people.
Think about the response if Trump was funding a genocide and protesters were being arrested, silenced and vilified under his watch. Every single comment section would be flooded with people explaining how this is a key pillar of fascism.
But it's all fine and people should grin and bear it because the bar is so fucking low you're more likely to stub your toe on it than fail to clear it.
Who said all is fine and people should grin and bear it? Last I checked, there were several protests happening at universities across the country.
One thing that I can mention as my experience… as a 40 year old, I was the youngest person at the local Democratic Party meeting last time there was one…
I wasn’t there in support of what’s going on, I was there to attempt to influence the party. I’ve been trying to convince them that the way to gain more votes is actually shifting further left.
My takeaways from that experience…
1.) People in their 20’s should be showing up to the meetings and shifting the party left, but they’re not.
2.) The party is only going to listen to people that do show up… which seems like the average age was probably 65.
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The sheer number of smug, privileged both-sidesers on Lemmy is absolutely staggering.
A) It doesn't look like him and it took me way too long to figure it out.
B) You're a shitty artist. Maybe take up piano.
C) It doesn't make any fuckin sense and won't sway me in any way other than not listening to you.
The big text bubble that says "vote for me" didn't clue you in to the caricature 's identity?? Like, not at all??
It's a shitty drawing. No. It could be Trump or RFK. Maybe expect more out of art and less sucking the artists dick.
Organise a general strike to demand sweeping reforms.
Voting strategically is the bare minimum for when things are basically fine. They're not. We have to do more.
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