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[–] CantaloupeAss@hexbear.net 90 points 1 week ago (2 children)

crazy how there is only one political opinion in the entire United States federal government on this issue, which is "yes, I eagerly support genocide"

like look at this shit, there are over 400 representatives and every single one of them agrees on this issue: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/888/all-actions?overview=closed&q=%7B%22roll-call-vote%22%3A%22all%22%7D

tlaib was the lone 'present' and a republican voted no lmao

and yet it's sooooooooooooo important to vote so that my views are represented!!!!!!!

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

okay who the fuck is thomas massie and why isn't he getting in line? is he just some rando that accidentally got the job and hasn't been sufficiently disciplined yet?

[–] miz@hexbear.net 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to a libertarian US senator. he supports Israel's "right to exist," he just doesn't think it's antisemitic to disagree. average libertarian contrarian tantrum where he affirms all the premises of the institutions but rejects one of the conclusions based on a piddling technicality, thereby ensuring that everyone yells at him and he preserves his outsider veneer without actually having to affect anything or stand for something.

basically the right wing version of Bernie.

from a comment by @HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm dumb as fuck, for the record, and getting dumber

[–] trumpetnoises@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

he's a libertarian anti-war type.

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn what do they call you when you deny a holocaust again?

[–] miz@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't remember, I think it rhymes with Kamalacaust Denier

[–] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kamalacaust

gotta boost that phrase

[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I’m torn between that and KDolph. Kamalacaust does sound better.

[–] Yukiko@hexbear.net 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How to Throw an Election 101

[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hundreds of thousands of uncommitted voters in swing states: Please place value on Palestinian lives.

Harris: contextphobic

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

Excuse me im talking.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

Nah, the Dem base does not place any value on Palestinian lives and they have no patience for anyone who does.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 57 points 1 week ago

Wow, she briefly sounded like she maybe wasn't completely denying the genocide she's helping to perpetrate and the campaign had to walk that back.

[–] Piment@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdt9QfC68U

Today the Youtuber BadEmpanda released a video titled "Genocide: The Dumbest Crime (Why There's No Bosnian Genocide)" and the premise is more or less that having the technical classification of Genocide often has been used to take away from discussion of the actual atrocities and instead debate whether something is technically Genocide or not. And obviously any reasonable person would consider this a Genocide, but it did make me think of how ridiculous something like Kamala talking about her opinion on whether killing at the very absolute minimum 40,000 people fits a definition instead of having to justify why she supports the deaths of 40,000 people.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I hear you, I sympathize, but... According to Webster's dictionary...."

"... And that's why we give that protester 4 Pinocchios."

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 0 points 1 week ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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

Kamala: “how can you trust your eyes if they lie to you?”

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Holy shit the video at the end. I rarely hear these people speak as I really just prefer not to. So uh, y'all weren't lying when you said they speak like we are the good guys in a marvel movie. How do libs take this shit seriously when the shallowness and hypocricy of their words is so blatant?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

To be fair, the US government was the bad guys in the earlier marvel movies (x men)

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

which video, the "first and most tragic" statements in the last link?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes, that video, all of it really.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

she's a nauseating speaker. word salad with chunks of genocide

if she squeaks out a win it'll be excruciating to hear her condescend to everyone for four years