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[-] archomrade@midwest.social 28 points 5 months ago

Biden's approval so low that libs are desperately looking for someone to blame 6 months ahead of time

If leftists are so important to the coalition then maybe Biden should have been trying harder to earn their vote

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Elections in the US are won by single-digit percentage points.

If leftists are 2% of the coalition, and anti-leftists are 20% of the coalition, do you think it's reasonable for the leftists to demand total capitulation to them in exchange for their vote? Do you think that a total capitulation to the leftists, in this case, would result in the coalition then having a net... gain in votes?

Sorry that you're so uncomfortable with the way democracy works.

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 21 points 5 months ago

Lol I'd settle even for passive toleration, I don't need 'total capitulation'

Not getting shot at and tazed would be a good start

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Okay, I'll tell Biden to put away his taser and stop saying that the Palestinian protesters don't have a point and should be brutally attacked by local police.

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 18 points 5 months ago

Maybe try telling him criticism of Isreal isn't antisemitic, he seems a little confused about it

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I remember when he said "Those Palestinian protesters don't have any valid concerns, they're just a bunch of antisemites."

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago
[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Ah, I knew that lazy soundbite would come up. You get that from a script, or are you just good at parroting?

“Mr. President, what’s your message to the protesters? Do you condemn the antisemitic protests on college campuses?” reporters asked the president after his speech Monday afternoon.

“I condemn the antisemitic protests,” Biden replied to the reporters. “That’s why I set up a program to deal with that.”

“I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago

Lmao is that context supposed to change the meaning of the quote somehow? How?

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes? That Biden is condemning, specifically, protests that are antisemitic, as that is specifically how the question is phrased, not all campus protests.

[-] whoreticulture 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

None of the protests are anti-Semitic 🙄 that's the lie that pro-Israel folks and Biden are spreading.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago
  1. There have definitely been antisemitic incidents, and pretending otherwise is tribalist hagiography.

  2. If Biden said "No, I am not going to condemn antisemitic protests" to a fucking journo, what the fuck do you think the result would be? "I condemn antisemitic protests and I condemn those who don't understand the Palestinian plight" is about as reasonable an off-the-cuff answer as he could be expected to give.

[-] whoreticulture 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

He should have said "What antisemitic protests? The protests are overwhelmingly peaceful and many Jews have been participating. I won't listen to you mischaracterize an entire movement."

But he basically spread the lie that antisemitic protests are a problem, when you know it's not. Antisemitic "incidents", as you say, occur regularly in our country regardless of the protests.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 5 months ago

So the "shining beacon of leftism" in America, Mr.Sanders, has a podcast with a host who is a professor and even she has admitted THERE ARE ANTISEMITIC STUDENTS that are getting out of hand at her school as well as others.

That said this ISN'T "all Isreal criticism is antisemitism." It's "antisemities are using this time to come out against Isreal along side the protestors." So you can't just bury your head in the sand and pretend they don't exist especially if you're the president and you're being asked about it.

[-] whoreticulture 3 points 5 months ago

Like I said, antisemitism has been happening regardless of the protests and to tie them together is irresponsible reporting. It's very easy to condemn antisemitism at the same time as saying that the protests are not antisemitic.

[-] whoreticulture 3 points 5 months ago

I love how this OP keeps posting quotes that just make Biden look like more and more of an asshole

[-] kinther@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Sure thing, let me dial his cellphone and have a chat. /s

[-] whoreticulture 7 points 5 months ago
[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

“There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos,” Biden said shortly before leaving the White House for a trip to North Carolina. “People have the right to get an education, the right to get a degree, the right to walk across campus safely without fear of being attacked.”

Holy shit literal fascism Biden please put the tazer away

[-] whoreticulture 7 points 5 months ago

He is spreading lies that the protests are dangerous. He is saying they are chaotic when they clearly are not. This is fascism, the fact you can't see that is alarming. You're so, so, deeply brainwashed.

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