• ShellMonkeyA
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    2 months ago

    We make fun of Trump and anyone who supports him for being a terrible person and a genuine idiot. Vance used to denigrate him too, now he’s the running mate (and notorious couch fucker) so we rip on him as well.

    We like Kamela since she’s not a terrible person or a generally raving lunatic/narcissist.

    Do you see the difference in these two situations?

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      2 months ago

      Ignoring that, there’s basically one democrat that decided to turn into a jackass, while Trump is so toxic there’s a long list of party liners (for decades in many cases) openly endorsed a minority female democrat candidate.

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        2 months ago

        I’d buy into that point if I saw even a fraction as much effort put into pushing out Xi, Putin, or even Netanyahu as I ever do people arguing against the nominee for the US democratic party. Hardly a word against the ones actually doing the killing and war crimes, but lots of blame for a US presidential candidate…

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          2 months ago

          Xi, Putin, and Netanyahu aren’t US politicians. They don’t represent me. Harris does.

          I will happily call Putin and Netanyahu war criminals, but I don’t know how I can affect them over here in the US. (I don’t know enough about Xi to say that about him.)

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              2 months ago

              The US is far from perfect, but at a baseline we don’t have overt state sanctioned ethnic or theologic cleansings.

              We do, though. That’s what’s happening in Gaza.

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                2 months ago

                How did you go from “Netanyahu doesn’t represent me, I’m an American” to “we have state sanctioned ethnic cleansing in Gaza” in a heartbeat without a single flash of self-awareness?

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                  2 months ago

                  The people who are funding Netanyahu do represent me. It isn’t that difficult. Do you need me to draw you a diagram?

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                    2 months ago

                    Yes, I do need you to draw me a diagram. Please include in the diagram at least a small semblance of understanding of how diplomacy and international politics work.