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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fuck Trump, fuck Biden, and fuck Netanyahu. And while we're at it, fuck Putin and fuck Xi. Not a lot of decent people at the top these days.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (9 children)

That was always the case. Being at the top pretty much requires being a bastard.

That's why the best ruler is no ruler.🏴

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[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The lesser of two evils, ladies and gents.

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Don't you know Trump is gonna genocide harder? Some shitlib told me yesterday trump will conduct a real genocide, as if the one happening in front of our eyes is fake

[–] AIhasUse@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are you talking about the Trump that won't quit talking about how antisemitic Biden has been in the Gaza genocide?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/politics/trump-biden-jews.html

Imagine seeing someone yell at a rapist in the middle of raping that they aren't raping viciously enough and then thinking that it would be good to send that guy in there instead. I agree, no rape would be best, but I'm pretty sure the victim in this case would prefer the current rapist over the one complaining about how the current rapist is being offensively gentle.

[–] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Beyond your disgusting analogy, if you think Palestinians give a shit who sends the bombs to Israel that are going to kill them you're not living in reality.

Tell me you're voting for Biden on domestic policy grounds, and I'll agree with you because that's my plan, but stop dressing this up as anything that's not as bad as it could be

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[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I'm talking about the people that passed a resolution proclaiming opposition to Zionism is antisemitic. I'm talking about the people using police across the country to silence opposition to Zionism and genocide. I'm talking about the people that's taken millions of AIPAC money to carry out the demands of Zionists.

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[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh well that’s a Democrat genocide. It’s a more humane genocide, free range and organic. Better for the environment.

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[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

If you're going to define your movement as anti-genocidal you should really have a firm grasp on what genocide is and who is committing it:

Article II of the Convention defines genocide as:
... any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

  • (a) Killing members of the group;
  • (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
  • (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
  • (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
  • (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Hamas, what Israel has been clear they intend to destroy, is not a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. However, Jews/Israel/Israelis, what Hamas has been clear they intend to destroy, are. Therefore, legally Oct 7 was an act of genocide, and Israel's war on Hamas is not. Such a designation has nothing to do with body count.

I support Israel because I oppose the genocidal. Binding their hands and preventing them from retaliating in self-defense only serves to support genocidal Hamas by keeping them in power.

[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago (26 children)

"Look at me displacing almost 2 million people and bombing their homes and cities whole to the ground one by one. It's not a genocide though, because I haven't explicitely claimed that my goal is to commit a genocide."

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[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 11 months ago

Anytime somebody starts quibbling over whether something is technically genocide, they’re an immoral person and nothing they say is of any worth to the human species. I didn’t get past the first sentence you wrote before I clicked away.

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Take your hasbara bullshit somewhere else. According to that same organization you took your definition from, an occupying nation like Israel can not claim self defense when attacked

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[–] Kben@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

You support Israel because you oppose the genocidal.This is one of the most batshit insane things i have read on this site,you really cannot have typed that with a straight face.

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[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Genocide, whaddaya gunna do. Your tax dollars at work.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Trump would have sent $2 billion, just sayin’ /s

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah well uh, Trump would've sent 1.2bn

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[–] krzschlss@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s most upvoted posts on Reddit and Lemmy teaching us how the other clowns from the rival circus are still worse. While condemning the killings of children in Gaza with those weapons sold today.

It’s impossible there was ever a society this manipulated and stupid.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Don't they have a point though? Your system is broken and the lesser of two evils is all you ever get to pick.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but when you point that out you're called a idiot for unintentionally backing Trump. Any criticism of the system or Biden no matter how deserved somehow is support for Trump

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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

FFS. Biden is a complete cunt. Trump GOP is still worse

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The package can be blocked by Congress if a majority in both chambers object.

Reminder that Biden has already went around Congress this year to send weapons to Israel.

Checks and balances only matter when it can be used to stop things voters want for some reason.

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I doubt the Congress that's taken multi millions in AIPAC money will vote against it.

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[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why does Biden want innocent people dead and why does nobody try to stop him? What has become of humanity? Has everyone gone insane?

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Republican lawmakers in Congress have introduced legislation intended to prevent any further pauses in weapons shipments to the US ally.

It's all bullshit

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ideology is one hell of a drug

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Business and military industrial complex is one hell of a shitshow.

ftfy

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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wot? No more crocodile tears? Fucking hypocritical genocidal cunt

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hes really pulling a Hilary with this shit.

Intentionally throwing away an election he thinks is sure fire win for him, because Trumps the only other option.

The risk isnt people turning to vote for Trump, the risk is people that would have voted for him not voting at all. . Because he'd rather doom a people to extermination than fix his own country.

[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Headline from two days ago:

‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks

My comment on it:

It’s taken them over half a year, but Biden has finally discovered that Israel is committing crimes against humanity. Let’s hope they don’t forget about it the second Netanyahu pretends to be a little bit obedient.

Damn, really speedrunning that disappointment, huh

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol my comment from last week which got heavily downvoted:

Considering Biden repealed his settler sanctions, I'd actually bet this eventually gets approved after Israel promises to pay shipping fees in exchange for breaking the SLA stating they can't do a genocide

mfw he doubled down and approved another massive sale on top of the smaller blocked shipment.

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[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Damn, Biden doesn’t want to win the election or save democracy

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe the Democracy you think is still there to be saved is already gone and all you have left is the folklore of it rather than the real thing.

It would certainly explain Biden's dictatorial persistence on supporting the Zionist Genocide all the way with weapons and ammo even when the majority of Americans has turned against it, his and his party's reaction to student demonstrations and how all of this would make no sense for somebody trying to avoid losing the election to Trump.

I lived in a country with Proportional Vote and what we're seeing from the elected leader of the US would never happen there in an election year, not even close, as the politicians there trully fear electoral defeat.

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[–] force@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Man Biden is really trying to lose the upcoming election isn't he. A year ago I would not have predicted that he would fuck up such an easy reelection this badly, but here we are. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory I guess.

Apparently Biden has always been this shitty when it comes to Palestine. Some things children just never grow out of it seems.

[–] krzschlss@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Millions of children never grew old because of Kissingers little psychopathic padawans in Washington for decades now. Those children don’t care about this one losing or winning his little beauty contest.

And millions of children will die in the future no matter whose dick is being sucked in the Oval Office. There are more omnipotent deciders who decide who lives and who dies.

This greedy, bloodthirsty, manipulative, sociopathic voting won’t change anything no matter who wins.

[–] dumblederp@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

USA: "It's good business"

[–] NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

It was obvious from the start it was political posturing as he had already sent them so much and it wasn't like they immediately needed it. Just like the port to deliver aid, also posturing to look good.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

💞Joe 💞 Bibi 💞

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)
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