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[–] RupeThereItIs@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

"Not voting for the killers" is REALLY a stretch here.

Honestly if Palestine is your one and only policy, not voting was the right choice.

It was well known from Trump's first term, and everything the man has ever said, that he would encourage attacks on Palestinians vs the Dems who simply stood by and let it happen.

There's a big difference between not voting for someone who won't help and actually voting for someone who hates you and will unapologeticly help your enemy kill you.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

There's a big difference between not voting for someone who won't help and actually voting for someone who hates you and will unapologeticly help your enemy kill you.

This isn't what happened though. What we got was a vote between someone who will apologize while helping your enemy kill you, and someone who will help your enemy gleefully. The outcome is the same either way, one just has better optics.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world -1 points 4 hours ago

"There's a big difference between not voting for someone who won't help and actually voting for someone who hates you and will unapologeticly help your enemy kill you."

Not when you have first past the post voting. None of you actually realize you helped trump by voting 3rd party.

[–] Sami@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of Dearborn's Arab population is Palestinian and Lebanese and had/have family at risk of being killed. You know when those 2,000 pound bombs get shipped to Israel they actually get dropped on people and kill them, right?

[–] 4am@lemm.ee -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Right. And then they voted for it.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It was happening whether they voted for it or against it.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

You know when those 2,000 pound bombs get shipped to Israel they actually get dropped on people and kill them, right? ... It was happening whether they voted for it or against it.

No it wasn't. Biden had put a stop to sending those bombs to Israel (in May 2024), and trump immediately resumed sending them as soon as he took office.

https://www.ocregister.com/2025/01/25/trump-ends-bidens-hold-on-2000-pound-bombs-for-israel/

Trump Lifts Biden's Ban on Weapon Shipment, Makes 2,000-Pound 'Bunker Buster' Bombs Available to Israel