• ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Saying the quiet part out loud again. Forced relocation through either terror or expatriation is Ethnic Cleansing. Ethnic Cleansing may fall under the Genocide Convention.

    WTF?

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      The primary genocide requirement is intent. Instead of throwing “maybes” around, you should spend a minute or two to read the convention in full instead of polluting the discourse.

      Especially now that the intent is clearly stated by a government official.

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      6 months ago

      We are there.

      I will vote for Joe Biden if he publicly condemns Israel. From his lips. In an address to the nation.

      I will not if he doesn’t.

      Simple as that.

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        It’s a two party system. You vote Biden or get Trump. Trump has less problem with ethnic cleansing. If fact Trump is the kind that might try it in the US.

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          He already has plans for it, and using the military to do it. He has made it clear he plans to go full fascist right from day one if he were to win again. It’s his only way to not spend the rest of his life in prison (and he loves the idea of being a dictator).

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            I think if he tries that, the US breaks down as there is no way everyone will go with it.

            Trump winning is a win for the enemies of the US and a win for the enemies of the wider free world.

            Edit: Add a few words for clarity.

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              I wasn’t planning on voting for trump, but when you put it that way…

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                OK ok, I’ve edited to be more explicit. Though I’m sure everyone knew the interpretation I meant…

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              That’s true but Biden winning accomplishes the same. No this isn’t a both sides argument, it’s understanding that many outside nations have invested in dividing our nation politically. The only win would be a 3rd party win and that won’t happen in my lifetime.

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                That is a both sides argument. Trump is a new level of bad. If you want to have any chance of a future with a better political system, you want to keep Trump out. If you don’t vote Biden, you can’t complain if you get Trump.

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                  Trump is only a “new level of bad” to liberals that weren’t paying attention before.

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                    See if you still feel like if he gets in and does things like taking measures to stay in longer than another single term, withdraw from NATO and the UN.

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          So Biden is allowed to do whatever he wants, we are obligated to vote for him, as long as he’s just a tiny bit less bad than trump would be?

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            Logically, yes, unless you come up with another option that realistically results in a better outcome. Nobody’s asking you to be happy about the shitty state of affairs.

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            That’s why the system has to change. Trump will change the system, but not the way you want at all.

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          Ya, Independent, Green, Libertarian, Constitution.

          Those parties don’t exist.

          The genocidal fascist whose boots you’re licking told you so.

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            Well good luck with that. I hope you guys don’t vote in Trump again, for all our sake.

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              Well, good luck with that.

              I hope your rhetoric doesn’t perpetuate the cycle of America lesser eviling it to Ultra Mega Hitler as POTUS.

              Edit: To clarify, Trump is currently strangled by litigation diet coke button and removing a bike rack harmless loudmouth capable not Hitler with 60 percent of a country ready to fight him status.

              Biden however has made the Democrat base support genocide.

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            You think Trump is less pro-genocide? Until you can change the system, you end up choosing who you think is less genocidy.

            Edit: spelling

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              You misunderstand.

              If my only choices are to vote for “genocide” and “more genocide”, why shouldn’t I cast a 9mm ballot into the roof of my mouth?

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                  Well it’d have to be suitably public, but a suicide of a street vendor helped kick off the Arab Spring. Mohamed Bouazizi achieved a lot.

                  Besides that, if every vote I cast is a vote for genocide, then don’t I deserve to die? Have you listened to the interviews? Have you seen the bodies in the rubble? I’d rather kill myself than support that, and if everything I do supports genocide then I should kill myself. I deserve it.

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                    But you’re not voting for Genocide. Noone is giving you that option. Your vote or lack thereof has no effect on whether the US supports Israel’s Genocide of the PalestiniN people. If you want to oppose the genocide, join a march. Put up posters

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                  So you’re saying in order to participate in the US electoral system you must make yourself responsible for some level of genocide? Contrary to lesser evil voters, you’re not responsible for other peoples votes, but you are responsible for yours. The fact that about 4 gerrymandered states determine the election is not my fault and doesn’t necessitate my participation in condoning any more genocide than I legally have to when I pay taxes.

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                    In the broken systems we both have, all you can do is tactically vote based on the outcomes you want the least. While arguing for better voting systems.

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                    And how does that translate into a two party voting system? One is multiple times worse than other. What can you do so neither ends up president? Nothing. You only choice is to choose the least bad.

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            Be certainly be good of Republicans come back from the edge. If the players are more balanced, the system can start to be adjusted to get away from being just Red vs Blue.

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        I don’t think any presidential candidate would do that, even if that’s how they really felt. It’d be political suicide.

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          You don’t think any candidate would condemn genocide. Condemning genocide as a US presidential candidate is suicide…

          Isn’t that how fucked America is in a nutshell.

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          If I were in Nazi Germany and my choices were Hitler, a genocidal maniac or Himmler, a genocidal maniac, I would not vote for a genocidal maniac.

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        I don’t believe you would at all tbh.

        Just another concern troll pretend you give a fuck.