• archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOP
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    6 months ago

    I HOPE I’M WRONG

    But it’s just dumb to assume his rock-bottom approval is a mirage. And for its worth, I’d much rather be spending time thinking about literally any other race, but every fucking thread here is filled with self-congratulating affirmation that I can see literally anything but

    If genocide is what you are truly concerned about, wouldn’t a better focus of your internet-commenter ire and time be demanding change directly at Netanyahu and Israel’s government?

    I don’t see any Israeli propogandists here, but if I did, i’d feel about as confident about changing their mind as I do about changing a trump supporter’s mind. I happen to know progressives are upset; it’s not hard, all I have to do is point to the genocidal shit he’s doing. Everybody here agrees he needs to stop and yet laughably every criticism is couched in seven layers of ‘but i’m voting for that fucker anyway’ as if it’s too strong of a threat to let that possibility COOK HIS ASS a little to get him to change, even if it’s the obvious implication anyway. You all seem to be in a deep, deep pit of denial about this, and if I do nothing else but toss cold water on you for the next 5 months then i’ll be happy.

    We’re 5 months out, we haven’t even held the convention yet. If we get to octoboer and he’s still a fucking POS, i’ll start couching my screaming with those addition affirmations, too, if it makes you feel better.

    But fuck you if you want me to stop screaming for him to do better, and fuck you for pretending to care yourself.

    • dezmd@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      So, ‘get in line’ with your view, or ‘fuck you’, is your message.

      Progressives, including myself, are upset at Biden, but we’re not monolithic, and many of us are even reasonable grownups that don’t let our rage dictate how we respond to situations with vitriol and insults, or with demands that everyone else conform to our individuals views or be dismissed. I get it on some level, you’re obviously younger, I had the fervor of inexperienced passion with politics in my younger years as well. I actively try not to project my own shortcomings onto others to convince myself I’m right when I feel attacked. You’re losing the plot and only seeing red.

      • Who should we be voting for/against in primaries other than just Biden?

      • How many threads and comments are you posting about local, state, and federal politics that are even more important than President?

      • What Congressional Representatives are you mad at about genocide support?

      • What state lawmakers are supporting genocide and need to be engaged over it?

      • Where’s the rest of your outrage for the little things that matter more than the optical illusion that is the Presidential race?

      Biden is the middle ground Republican-light compromise coward and always has been, none of your screaming is going to make him stop talking from both sides of his mouth. If anything, he’s had a few releases that were surprisingly harsher on Israel than some of us ever expected him to.

      You are laser focused on the wrong-goddamn shit - looking for instant gratification by trying to make the story of the plight of Palestinians about Biden and a singular American election, when it’s about so much more and could have stronger impacts if it was focused on actionable solutions rather than reactions to public statements.