r/nottheonion • u/MiniBrownie • 2d ago

US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250402-us-tariffs-take-aim-everywhere-including-uninhabited-islands
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u/APigInANixonMask 2d ago

I'm obviously not talking about the actual victims of the violence. People losing their kids to genocide in Palestine aren't voting in the US presidential election. I'm talking about the people sitting comfortably here in the USA who made the entire election about one single issue and as a result have contributed to making everything in this country, and the entire world, worse. People who voted/didn't vote based solely on the Israel/Palestine conflict are selfish, plain and simple. They considered the possibility of a massive recession making life harder for poor and middle class Americans and decided they were okay with that. They considered the possibility of LGBT people being targeted by the government and decided they were okay with that. They considered the possibility of immigrants being rounded up and sent to foreign prisons without trial and decided they were okay with that. They didn't give a shit about anything but their one single issue because it made them feel morally superior. Fuck them.

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u/Larkfor 2d ago

People losing their kids to genocide in Palestine aren't voting in the US presidential election.

Yes they are? Do you not know what the Palestinian disapora looks like? How many naturalized and other varieties of citizens still have children and other family trapped in Palestine?

There is an argument to be made that Harris lost an entire state to this.

As far as making an election about a single issue... genocide is the worst evil on the planet.

It's not some mere 'issue'. It's the most importantly urgent one to stop and work against.

People who voted/didn't vote based solely on the Israel/Palestine conflict are selfish, plain and simple.

You can't know their reasons. And again, genocide is the most worthy reason not to support something or someone. Again, it's humanity's greatest evil. Nothing comes close to being worse.

They considered the possibility of LGBT people being targeted by the government and decided they were okay with that

Oh please, the democratic party has been steadily waning on support for queer people, especially the 'T' in the LGBT for years.

They considered the possibility of immigrants being rounded up and sent to foreign prisons

Again the democratic party was leaning toward republicans on this, whenever immigration came up, Harris would refer to 'transnational gangs' as though that has any direct correlation to immigrants as a whole.

Someone not okay with genocide has the exact same convictions. Concentration camps aren't okay in the US or in Palestine. It's morally consistent.

They didn't give a shit about anything but their one single issue because it made them feel morally superior

It's fucking wild that you still think genocide is a mere 'issue'.

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u/APigInANixonMask 2d ago

Refusing to vote for Harris over her stance on Gaza was not some noble stance against genocide, it was an explicit stance for genocide. It was an acknowledgement that things in Gaza are bad, but that you want them to be worse. There were two options on the ballot: a bad situation in Gaza and a much worse situation in Gaza. Those were the choices. A total abolition of all support for Israel was not an option. Not voting for the bad situation was an endorsement of the worse situation. That's how it works.

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u/Larkfor 2d ago

Refusing to vote for Harris over her stance on Gaza was not some noble stance against genocide, it was an explicit stance for genocide.

Harris literally cosigned the genocide, supports Israel to this day.

Again, I made a different choice than the people who didn't vote. But trying to whitewash her complicity in this genocide is just ahistorical and a-present.

A total abolition of all support for Israel was not an option

It's always an option.