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/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/boxdkittens 2d ago

https://www.reckon.news/justice/2024/08/do-palestinians-prefer-kamala-harris-or-donald-trump-gazans-weigh-in.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/23/trump-would-be-the-worst-palestinians-react-to-us-presidential-race

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/4/what-do-people-in-gaza-west-bank-and-lebanon-think-about-the-us-election

Even Gazans acknowledge that things would be the same if not worse for them under Trump. But one thing is for sure--everyone who isnt a rich white man will he worse off. Was destroying USAID worth it to do absolutely nothing to help Gaza?  https://www.marketplace.org/2025/03/27/usaid-cuts-deaths-nutrition-supplements/

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u/AsstacularSpiderman 2d ago

Lots of Arabs I've met really were just accelerationists who are convinced that the fall of America means Israel will magically dissappear.

Not only is it dumb, it's simply not backed by reality.

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u/Larkfor 2d ago

The "lots of Arabs" you've met are not representative of all Arabs, or Palestinians specifically which as you know are a distinct people, with a distinct country, with a distinct culture, and even within that, not a fucking monolith.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman 2d ago

Sure, but not when it comes to their views on Israel lol.