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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

1.34% of the American population, the third largest religion in the US behind Christianity and Judaism.

I'm also going to point out that voting based on what's happening to people who share your religion in a foreign country is a TERRIBLE idea. If you make that your voting priority, it will bite you in the face in other aspects of your life because someone will exploit you for their own ends. The same is pretty much true for any single issue voter.

We're all free to be stupid, but it probably won't end well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any vote for Harris is taking a vote away from a third-party candidate and is giving it to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you may have got your order muddled up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope. Every vote for Harris is stealing a vote from third-party candidates who represent real change. By sidelining those voices, you’re indirectly helping Trump win!

If you really want to avoid a Trump win, supporting a viable alternative outside the two-party system is the only way to push the conversation forward. :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Nice try but that's in no way nearing reality. It is however, intentionally enraging. What a great guy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Muslim population in swings states is larger than the margin Biden won in 2020.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Muslim population isn't a single voting bloc, and a good chunk are still voting Democrat.

On the flip side, the Jewish population is almost twice the size of the Muslim population, so pissing them off is probably worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Fair points.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Should be a fun election night!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyone constantly down votes you but I appreciate being informed that Jill Stein sucks. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

If anything in my post helps you feel better, then I'm happy for you, friend.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll allow this article to slide because the title says it all. See you tomorrow SB.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't write the title. I didn't write the article. In fact, it's a Reurters article. So please bring up your issues with them directly. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They should withhold their vote for the person contributing to getting their family members killed. When Democrats lose again it will be their own doing, again.

The cult of personality to the point of being willing to overlook genocide is insane

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would not be a good play if it results in the person who will get more of their family members killed gaining office.

I think it’s kind of presumptuous to assume that every Muslim has family in Gaza, as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have no family in Gaza, but I know that the moral conscious thing to do is to prevent the people that are currently killing them, continue killing them. And if they keep getting rewarded for bad behavior, that bad behavior is going to continue to get worse. That's how Democrats have gone from the party of people like Carter to the party of genocide denial, people like Biden and Harris.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

the moral conscious thing to do is to prevent the people that are currently killing them, continue killing them

Yes, the morally conscious thing to do, is to hand the reins to someone who has vowed to help the killing go faster. /s

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oy, prepare for your downvotes. Because if you aren't voting for Harris, the people here will have it out for you! lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because that’s a vote for Trump in a swing state, not because “they’re angry you’re not a democrat”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Then your party better get to earning my vote.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Punish all the vulnerable people of the world, that'll show em!!!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know you prefer a slow agonizing death for everyone while those of us out here are fighting for no pain for anyone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Did you just say you want all vulnerable people to die quickly under trump? And that you want to be the cause of that ..?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyone with any moral conscience knows liberals, at their core, do not give a fuck about the marginalized any more than Republicans. Their primary concern is protecting their status in society at the expense of the marginalized. They talk about BLM while voting for the people that caused the need for BLM to exist. They talk defund the police while supporting the people building 100 cop cities across the country being trained by the IDF. They shed crocodile tears about kids in cages under Trump while ignoring who built them and that there are STILL kids in cages in facilities with no or minimal AC in Texas and Arizona summers.

And now they are overlooking genocide because the other guy might do it too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyone with any moral conscience knows tankies, at their core, actively want people to suffer, even more than Republicans. Their primary concern is feeling morally superior according to their half-baked philosophy at the expense of the marginalized. They talk about revolution while voting in ways that lead to death, suffering, and destruction of groups that they do not belong to. They talk about political violence from their parents' basements, which of course others are supposed to lead the way on. They shed crocodile tears about kids in Palestine, blaming any Democrat, while ignoring that their actions will set in motion a much worse path for Palestine and many other groups around the world.

And now they are actively supporting genocide because they need to ignore reality to continue feeling morally superior.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That whole thing reads like 'i know you are but what am I?'

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Because it was more illustrative of the truth to write it out rather than just tell you're projecting, which you absolutely are.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

not because they’re angry you’re not a democrat”

I disagree. I've seen the hatred here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They dont understand how election math works, a vote for Harris is taking a vote away from a third party candidate and is giving it to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank you so much for this. Perfect comeback. I am totally gonna start using this!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think there are two key points to remember here:

  1. The GOP guy would endorse much worse policies for these folks than Harris.

  2. While Harris is too far off, pressure can also be exerted by voting for the right Senators, House Reps, and local/state officials. Unlike the GOP guy, we have a better chance of making Harris listen, if the right folks are below her.

Ultimately, I respect everyone's choice in voting and won't pass judgement on doing so. But either way, I believe that the key remains building up the grassroots, as AOC and Ralph Nader have both stated recently.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

This sounds like some of that push him left after the election bullshit we heard from liberals in 2020. The entire US government only responds to the donor class, there is no pushing anyone any direction without money.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

When u know who posted before clicking.