• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    There’s another genocide going on now in the U.S. that people like you don’t seem to care about and which Trump will absolutely make far worse.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_genocide#United_States

    Because the genocide of queer people in the U.S. apparently is far less important and if Trump gets into office, has already planned and made clear that it will be far worse.

    But who cares about queer people in America, am I right? Just let them die.

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      7 months ago

      So we’re just completely changing the subject?

      Just seriously ask yourself if you want Trump to be president again. If the answer to this is “No”, the look at the data and see how Joe Biden is doing. He’s doing fucking horribly. He’s losing this election and we haven’t even had the convention yet. His support is very low and is dropping. If you insist on proceeding with Biden as candidate, you are insisting on a losing proposition.

      If you are concerned about queer rights, you better figure out a better option than Biden, because by the numbers, he’s not going to win in November.

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        7 months ago

        Pointing out that you are ignoring a genocide in the U.S. that Trump and his people want to make worse is not changing the subject. It’s pointing out that you’re ignoring a genocide. Which you are.

        But please tell me who I should vote for to stop that genocide. Give the name of the candidate that would get enough votes to beat Trump.

        Because if you wanted someone other than Biden, you shouldn’t have waited until after the primaries started.

        But go ahead- give me a name.

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          7 months ago

          Millions of Palestinians are facing starvation right now. They will be dying en-masse before the end of March if something doesn’t change. Joe Biden is supporting this. He just lost There is no equivalence happening within the borders of the United States, except maybe our prison system. Yes the Republicans are setting the ground work for a genocide of queer people in this country. We have to stop them. Insisting that we support a candidate who is clearly losing the election is no way to do this. We can’t afford to lose this election and insisting that Biden be the nominee is insisting we lose this election.

          Uncommitted just won two delegates in Michigan. Biden will not win this election unless he massively shifts his position on Gaza.

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            7 months ago

            You haven’t given me a name.

            People like you never give me a name.

            If we have to stop them, who should I vote for instead of Biden?

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              7 months ago

              You haven’t given me a name.

              People like you never give me a name.

              What are you on about? Stop changing the point of the conversation.No one is personally attacking you. We’re talking about what its going to take to keep Trump out of office in 2024, and we disagree about some key points. Why are you making this about you? How narcissist are you? Its creepy and weird. Stick to the points of the conversation please.

              like you

              And what is that? An advocate for peace and justice? Someone who wants to not have Trump in 2024, no matter what (even if that means Biden isn’t the nominee)? What assumptions are you making?

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                I haven’t changed the conversation at all and never said you are attacking me.

                Yet again, who should I vote for? Why can’t you tell me? All you’re telling me is not Biden. Fine. So who?

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      7 months ago

      so biden is currently presiding over and doing nothing to stop two genocides? and you want to reward that with an unconditional vote of support, so that next time democrats are in office, they’ll know that people don’t care?

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        Reward? No. I want to stop the one who will make it worse.

        And if you can tell me who I should vote for to stop Trump that isn’t Biden, a person that is more likely to get more electoral college votes than Biden will against Trump, please name the person.

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          biden’s only selling point at the moment is that he isn’t trump, so with 6 months of campaigning and biden’s endorsement you could probably sell any democrat

          me giving you a name now is almost entirely pointless given that you’re just going to turn around and say that because they haven’t already done that campaigning you can’t imagine them being popular

          Reward? No. I want to stop the one who will make it worse.

          do you or do you not acknowledge that by voting biden you’re sending a message to the dnc that their voter base doesn’t care about genocide?

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            I will answer that question after I am told who I should vote for that will stop Trump from getting into office. Because I haven’t been given a name yet despite asking multiple times.

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              You’ve literally asked me once, friend, and I explained why me giving you a name wouldn’t make any sense.

              I fully expect that in the hypothetical world where the DNC decides it doesn’t want to lose this election and decides to swap out Biden with somebody else that my gut reaction will be that they’re shit, but that’s because they haven’t done any campaigning yet.

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                If there’s no one to vote for that has a chance of beating Trump other than Biden, I guess I’ll vote for Biden.

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                  I know for the sake of pride you aren’t going to openly acknowledge this, given how pointedly you’re refusing to engage with anything I’m saying, but at least admit it to yourself: voting for Biden is sending a signal that the democrats can allow as much genocide as they want so long as they can convince you the other side will be worse.

                  If you think that’s worth the trade-off, fine, but don’t pretend that that isn’t the trade-off you’re making.

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                    The trade-off is stopping Trump from continuing the genocide in the U.S. that he and his Republican friends are already a part of and which my daughter would be a victim of.

                    So yeah, saving my daughter’s life is sure as hell worth the trade-off.

                    And I’m pretty amused that you think it sends that message after the primaries. Because the time to challenge Biden was before the primaries.

                    Did you do anything about that? Did you canvas for any primary rival of Biden’s?

                    Because if I’m sending a signal to the Democrats that “as much genocide as they want” is okay… unless you’ve been canvassing for Dean Phillips or Marianne Willaimson, I think you have been too.