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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Glad to see they're sticking to their guns. Make sure the libs understand that we'll do it again if they don't give in to the demands.

[–] bonanza@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 1 day ago

I'm a little more concerned about our loss of democracy and rapid societal decay.

I think some folks just wanted the worst possible outcome for Americans.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

How the fuck are the sticking to their guns? They literally changed their name so as to not signal support for the guy that they campaigned for.

Literally the opposite of "sticking to their guns"

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They literally changed their name so as to not signal support for the guy that they campaigned for.

???

Which guy did they campaign for?

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Ah, OP was referencing a different group of faces being offered up yesterday in conjunction with this.

https://apnews.com/article/arab-americans-trump-gaza-name-peace-479f6777cac7bac52fb098daa0821cb5

They endorsed, campaigned for, and voted for the guy that just said to ethnically cleanse Gaza and had his First Lady give a neo Nazi salute twice at his inauguration.

Man you're really out of touch with the Arab community here.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Man you’re really out of touch with the Arab community here.

That was one organization, and does not in any way reflect the way the community actually voted. I know you're chomping at the bit to find a reason to laugh at them and celebrate their deaths because of your sickness, but that doesn't mean you get to hunt down one fringe group and hold them as representative of the whole Arab population.

Arab Americans are not immune to the same idiotic brainworms that infect you and most other Americans, which say if one side is evil then the other side must be good. It is only natural that some people would turn to Trump while witnessing the unequivocal evil committed by the Biden administration. Most of them were smart enough to realize that both are unequivocally evil, much smarter than most Americans are about it. Of course, this is difficult to accept due to propaganda and due to the desperate conclusions you arrive at by acknowledging reality. It is only natural that some turned to the side that wasn't actively in the process of committing genocide, regardless of how irrational it was.

20% voted for the blue leopard and 20% voted for the red leopard, but the majority voted for the wise, rational, and correct option and voted third party. Sorry if if that makes it harder for you to get off.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Go right ahead, not like there will be much to fight over after Trump turns Gaza into a Israeli resort town.

I'm rooting for you!

[–] onlyoneIbought@r.nf 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-egypt-trump-displacement-bc1c43f80655190824a5de4eb1d310cc

The diplomat said Egypt rejected similar proposals from the Biden administration and European countries early in the war, which was sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack into southern Israel. The earlier proposals were broached privately, while Trump announced his plan at a White House press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Your "democrats" pulled the exact same trick a year ago. If trump can turns gaza into a resort town in the first place, its because everything there is destroyed already. By your favorite genocider, no less.

Scumbag

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The area was levelled under Biden. There would be zero restraint either way. The limiting factors are the groups actually fighting against the genocidal American Empire and its pet rabid dog.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You keep thinking that, good luck and enjoy watching what will unfold.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

enjoy watching what will unfold.

You people are truly sick.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You make choices, you live with the consequences. It's as simple as that.

You agree that Trump is the lesser of two evils then there's nothing to say at this point but you must live with the consequences of those actions.

That's life, that's reality, that's consequences.

[–] onlyoneIbought@r.nf 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

So you agree they're both evil?

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What a nice little rationalization you have for not regarding them as human.

Has there ever been a people more arrogant than your kind? When you look through the past, you see all these cases of genocide, not one of them justified, and you think, "Ah, but they were all stupid. I'm so smart that when I support it, it's the only rational, objectively correct decision." It doesn't even give you a moment of pause. You don't even have the decency to speak about it with the gravity it deserves. You gleefully watch people die because it gives you the satisfaction of believing in your own rightness and superiority over the fools who actually give a damn. Meanwhile, you are so shortsighted and unimaginative that you think the laws imposed by our mortal rulers are as rigid and unchangable as natural law.

Honestly, the more I talk to people like you, the more I understand religious people. Much as I dislike religion, if it provides immunization against your way of thinking, perhaps it's worth it! Is there any way of thinking that's worse than yours?

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What a utterly stupid comment.

The fact that you have so little understanding that people can hold more than one opinion and rationale and seriously think that simple pointing out that Arab Americans that endorsed Trump must now live with the consequences and conflating that with that must mean holding that opinion means you're jumping for joy that Trump is advocating for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.

May you love in the interesting times your brought upon us all.

[–] onlyoneIbought@r.nf 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Sorry your favorite genocider lost. It must be very tough for you, knowing that the other genocider is even a worst genocider, it would have been better if your genocider had won, right? He was obviously the best genocider.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You're the one enabling nazis bro. Wake the fuck up

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 19 hours ago

I least I'm not actively voting for them like y'all are.