I seriously can't understand what the quoted tweet is supposed to mean. It seems like they're just randomly mashing ideas together? I tried to read the article, but the tweet was deleted, and the account you can see in the screenshot is a content firehose, so I couldn't find what this is about. Are they actually trying to apply the "Trump would kill n+1 Gazans" argument as a way to shame muslims, and then pinning that on homophobia based on nothing? Even for racist scratched liberals, this seems like incoherent nonsense. Am I missing something, or are they already panicking that badly

[–] Are_Euclidding_Me@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I believe what's happening (could be wrong) is that the tweeter sees that Muslims in Michigan are not voting for Harris and then the tweeter assumes that the reason Michigan Muslims aren't voting for Harris isn't the clear obvious reason (democrats are doing a genocide in Palestine), but instead the racist spectre reason (Muslims hate queer people, democrats like queer people, so Muslims won't vote democrat). It's mind-bogglingly stupid, as well as horrifically racist.

[–] crosswind@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That part makes enough sense to me on its own, but what do they mean by not caring about “fellow Muslims”, and what connection are they trying to make between those ideas? It’s clear enough that it’s some racist bullshit, but I’m trying to figure out what it’s supposed to mean to other liberals, and it still just sounds like stringing words together. Maybe I’m expecting too much from liberals but I figured there would be something specific that prompted this.

[–] Are_Euclidding_Me@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh, I think that's just standard "Trump will do genocide worse (somehow), so you have to vote for the current genocider if you care about the people being genocided". I think. It doesn't make much sense I agree, but that's how I understood it.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

If the libs on bluesky are representative it is what they believe. We must support their genocide to save the victims of their genocide from trumps genocide.

[–] crosswind@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

I think that's my mistake. I had assumed they understood that tool was only for white people to lecture other white people into voting for genocide. I shouldn't be surprised when some of them actually use it to feel morally superior to people who are directly affected.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

It may be a reference to Trump's Muslim ban.