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After a day and several replies from people. I've come to the conclusion that people here are ok with their party and leaders supporting genocide and they attack the questioners (instead of their party leaders) who criticize those who support genocide. Critical thinking is scarce here.

I'm shameful of humanity.

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[–] when@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think supporting/funding genocide shouldn't be democratic party policy, it would suit more on far-right. But reality is different. Even after thousands of posts, emails to representatives, cases in court, protests in campuses and rallies. Democrats are eager to support/fund a genocide.

Democratic party has become a far-right party.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

incorrect.

democrats are protesting Palestine.

not by writing lazy memes, but by writing the letters, going out in marches and getting arrested like you're talking about.

"I think supporting/funding genocide shouldn't be democratic party policy"

meither do democrats.

"Democrats are eager to support/fund a genocide."

completely incorrect:

you know what's been consistent for 70 years? despite which party was in power, Israel, a country established specifically to avoid further genocide, was supported with US financial help and military aid.

you still believe the fiction that there are two political parties and that's how politics works, so you're operating off that principle.

that is a flawed premise, and so your conclusions are foolishly and falsely diametric.

"Democratic party has become a far-right party."

this is idiotic.

democrats, especially for the past 4 years, have successfully taken the presidency away from Trump, who actually enacted far-right policies. this is extremely significant and the presidency was taken forcefully away from Trump because of the democratic party promising and then delivering progressive change.

biden and the democrats have also furthered every significant progressive policy more than any President in recent years, certainly more than I would have guessed - civil rights from minorities, legal and social funding for minorities, climate change, on and on to include every major progressive policy; democrats are pro-choice, pro- change, none of these are far right positions.

It's great that the half a century plus old Palestinian genocide you just found out about outrages you, but the world hasn't suddenly become black and white because of a piece of knowledge that is new to you.

third party voters are as valid a democratic electorate as the hardline conservative and the hard line liberal ever were.

people get to vote who they want to vote for.

you should find out which policies you actually believe in and vote according to your beliefs.

do you believe in social consciousness? do you believe in personal autonomy? do you believe in taxing the rich? do you believe in social services? do you believe in combating climate change? sustainable technology? Harris has already made material strides in these progressive positions while the other major candidate has actively worked against those policies.

there are two major candidates, one of them is going to win.

you, as a voter, are responsible for which one wins either way.