• Maalus@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Buddy, buddy. The entire thing is really simple. Trump doesn’t need the votes from pro Palestinian people. He probably wouldn’t get them anyways. Harris needs those votes. So either she changes course, or she loses an election. People who see Palestine as an important issue aren’t going to vote for someone because they are “better” but still supporting genocide. They’ll vote based on other issues, or won’t vote at all. It’s not the job of the voters to get a specific party votes - it’s the exact opposite. They are getting elected for the people - not for themselves. So do what people want or lose.

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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      16 minutes ago

      Ah, single issue voters who aren’t bright enough to understand the big picture and how it effects them.

      Or again… failing to realize Trump has a stance on this issue that’s literally worse than Harris’… and has done shit like put the fucking Israel-US Assembly in god damn Jerusalem, basically mandating that Palestine doesn’t exist.

      It’s like imagine one party wants to break your spine and permanently paralyze you, and the other is going to kick you in the shin really really hard, and if you don’t vote because neither of those sound good thinking “Oh well, I don’t really want either of those.” the former is going to win, and it’s kind of objectively much worse.

    • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
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      32 minutes ago
      1. you didn’t read the post you are replying to.

      2. your stance is irritatingly naive.

      If pro-palestine single-issue voters sink the Harris ticket there is a real chance they wont get to vote again. If perfection is allowed to be the enemy of progress you will inadvertantly elect the regressive party. A party helmed by a guy who has said publicly on multiple interviews he would sic the national guard or military on protestors, undesierables and political rivals.

      It is frustrating to have to keep going over this, either the correct choice is made by the US citizenry and the status-quo continues (as poor as that may be) or the guard rails of democracy are dismantled by a wanabe dictator and your prefrences wont be asked of you again.