Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently said officials are pursuing “every avenue we can” for a ceasefire deal.
        • Sundial@lemm.ee
          172·
          1 month ago

          No doubt he would be on a lot of topics. My comment was just mocking all those people that kept insisting people who cared about Palestine (primarily Arab-Americans) should vote for Harris simply because Trump is worse. It was such a hollow and shitty endorsement given all the escalations Israel has gotten away with the past 14 months.

          • watty@lemm.ee
            65·
            1 month ago

            Voting is not an endorsement. We had the choice between a candidate that was bad for Palestine, and a candidate that was even worse for Palestine.

            It’s a pretty simple argument that someone who cares about Palestine should vote for the less bad candidate.

            • Sundial@lemm.ee
              81·
              1 month ago

              If there was a chance to save them don’t you think the Arabs in America would have taken it? It’s not like they’re any strangers to voting for the lesser of two evils on this topic. Democrats were insistent on letting Israel have a free reign just like Republicans would. So they decided to say a big fuck you to the electoral system and vote third party.

              • watty@lemm.ee
                22·
                1 month ago

                Kamala was not insistent that Israel have free reign like Trump was. Kamala said that she wanted a cease fire, and Trump wanted Israel to finish the job. In the context of these two candidates, they are clearly not the same.

                Voting third party is not a “fuck you” to anyone. No one who matters gives a shit about a third party vote.

                A third party vote is a waste of a vote and no different from abstaining. A third party vote is simply shrugging in the face a fascism. Trump loves it, because it opened the way to his election.

                • Sundial@lemm.ee
                  31·
                  1 month ago

                  Kamala said that she wanted a cease fire

                  Yes, just like Biden. And we all saw what he actually wanted, didn’t we?

                  Voting third party is not a “fuck you” to anyone. No one who matters gives a shit about a third party vote.

                  Yes it is. It’s a big fuck you to the Democrats who campaigned on thinking people would vote for them automatically because they’re not Trump. That failed epically.

              • watty@lemm.ee
                23·
                1 month ago

                They were not equally pro genocide. Kamala said that she wanted a cease fire, and Trump wanted Israel to finish the job. These are not the same, one is clearly better.

                • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
                  41·
                  1 month ago

                  She wanted a ceasefire, but keep sending them arms unconditionally.

                  Regardless, lite genocide is still genocide.