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Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators
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this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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Giving up your right to vote isn't going to teach Democrats anything about needing your vote.
Let me get your position straight: you can't do anything about democracy in the U.S., but you can do something about ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
You either don't live in the US or are incoherent.
I think you're wrong. I think if Democrats lose this election they will do their analysis and focus groups and surveys and if it points to the decisive issue being Gaza then they will change their attitude on Gaza - even if marginally, they will be forced to.
As for me, I just got my right to vote 2 years ago and I've been living here 25 years. I'm going to vote. I'm just not voting for Biden or Trump. I'll write uncommitted or blank or something.
This is what democracy should be. Candidates lose votes if they don't act in a manner congruent with the beliefs of the base. This "vote no matter what because the alternative is worse" is not democracy. If you don't have a choice, you don't have a vote. You're headed same direction either way.
You’re not wrong. That is how the American electoral system should work. But Trump and Project 2025 would fundamentally break the American experimental democracy. There may not be a viable means to elect a Democratic or another party in 2028.
See, you can advocate for Biden without defending a genocide. It can be done ✅
That's a fascist's wishlist, it's a bunch of stuff that's never going to happen, but it's a useful cudgel for some people to bludgeon dissenters with.
Even if we underestimate them, it’s still horrific what they will achieve.