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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 56 points 8 months ago

They know that Trump is Bibi's best friend, right? And electing him will triple-down on the genocide?

They know that, right?

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 74 points 8 months ago

Right, so Biden should get no criticism for supporting genocide because the other guy does it more? Seems democrats can get away with anything by simply not being trump.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 38 points 8 months ago

That is unironically what every pro-genocide centrist wants.

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[-] lewdian69@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Op never said Biden should get a pass. The question is why protestors aren't ALSO disrupting Republican events at the same magnitude and frequency.

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Because Republicans aren't in charge of diplomacy right now, that's a responsibility of the president.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 34 points 8 months ago

they're not saying they would vote for trump, either

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

that sounds like a good reason to continue petitioning biden. what's the problem

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They know that, right?

They're mostly the tiktok generation who can barely read. Critical and logical thinking are pipe dreams.

Gonna be a hard life for them.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Democrats should not be supporting genocide, nor dismissing and alienating those that oppose it.

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[-] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Did you look at the picture of the protesters? You think those people are GenZ?

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Centrist Democrats can't justify their support for genocide because there is no justification for supporting genocide. But since they don't want to stop, we get the Greatest Hits of Centrist Dismissals.

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[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

He's been trying since the start.

Biden also emphasized his view that "a military operation in Rafah just really cannot proceed without a credible and implementable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than 1 million people that are now sheltering there," the official said, adding that they simply had "nowhere to go."

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-will-speak-with-netanyahu-sunday-white-house-officials-say-2024-02-11/

Biden and his team have also been irritated by Netanyahu’s public rejections of a two-state solution, long a lynchpin of American policy in the region.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/politics/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza/index.html

The Biden administration has placed a particular premium on Israel reducing the number of civilian casualties in its military operations. The U.S. urging seemed to have some effect in recent days, as Israel began to withdraw some troops from northern Gaza and moved to a less-intensive campaign of airstrikes.

Israel has been not just uncooperative, but also openly hostile toward some smaller American requests, such as when Blinken pressed Israel to turn over the tax revenue it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, which Israel has refused to do.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-netanyahu-israel-palestinians-gaza-fe150c19cdcc4737f4a9e22a695490ed

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

He circumvented congress to sell Netanyahu weapons to be used for genocide, but trust us, he's slightly miffed.

[-] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago
[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Please stop using the bombs I'm selling you" -Genocide Joe

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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Here's my take that no one asked for.

Most of these people do not know about the horrors going on in places like Yemen or Myanmar. And if you tell them about them, they don't suddenly feel a need to rush out and start pressuring others for a cease fire.

To me, this means that most don't personally care about what's going on in Palestine, they've just been told what to feel by social media which has filtered all Israel/Palestine information through a megaphone. These people flitter between one cause after another, never forming their own opinions or taking the time to view things objectively. They just wait for what the internet tells them they should feel and act on it.

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