What gives them the authority to "plan" the lives of 1 million people halfway across the globe?
this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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Sure am glad DOGE found all this money for the racist fucks to do things like this. Fuck Elon and the talking Cheeto.
Libya: “yeah sure we’ll home them…”
Trump administration working on final solution to the Palestinian problem
Nothing btonsee here people, just a government working diligently on genocide, nothing to see here
As I recall, it was important to punish the Biden administration for their role in assisting Israel.
As it turns out, there are severe consequences to ignoring absolutely every warning that Trump would be worse.
What makes you think the Biden administration would have done anything differently?
Do you honestly believe they would have gotten in the way of what Israel wants?
What makes you think the Biden administration would have done anything differently?
My basic observation skills and low tolerance for bullshit.
Do you honestly believe they would have gotten in the way of what Israel wants?
I'll go out on a limb here, and say that Kamala Harris would not be working to ship Palestinians to Africa.
You know what? I think that Netanyahu's progress (murder rate) would be much much lower than it is today.
But biden was totally playing hardball with netanyahu behind the scenes.
Oh yeah, that was just another fucking lie from the people who brought you "biden was completely lucid at the debate, what are you talking about?" and "biden was jet lagged from a trip he took nearly two weeks prior!"
Remember how Biden wasn't running for reelection? Yeah no one else does, either.
I remember his sycophants lying repeatedly. The question was about biden and I answered it.
Nice try at a pivot. harris openly offered no change from the genocide support and the lying.
With regards to Israel / Palestine, watching this unfold under Biden reminded me of the scene in Saving Private Ryan where the one soldier was going "shhh" while pushing a knife into the other soldier. And someone else watching but not doing anything about it.
Remember that Biden flat out lied to the American public. He will be remembered for his complicity in genocide, and there is absolutely nothing he can do to prevent this legacy. History is written by the victors, but younger generations get the last word.
Trump is certainly worse for Americans, and I voted with this in mind, but both sides are fucking awful for Palestinians. Lest we forget Chuck "my job is to keep the left pro-genocide" Schumer.
Although not voting was the wrong move, It's important to hold the democrats accountable imo. They essentially lost the election because they considered genocide more important then their consituents.
The fact is that Gazas fate would have been the same under both party. The way forward is to demand change from the democratic party to avoid such scenarios. Blaming voters implies it wasnt the democrats at fault in the first place for pushing apathy and genocide as their main platform. Even worse, it implies genocide somehow shouldnt be a voting issue.
The hell it would have. To say that the fate of Gaza would have been the same is absolute horseshit.
Democrats lost the election because a bunch of shitheel Muricans decided to stay home.
It's our fault and fuck y'all for trying to blame Democrats for not inspiring people to protect marginalized groups.
Dems suck but so does the general population that refuses to take any responsibility for their part in making this happen.
If you need a god damn politician to inspire you to think beyond yourself, you fuckin suck and are trash.
Over it.
There's absolutely no evidence that Harris getting elected would have done fuck all for Palestine.
Democrats lost because a lot of people who voted for Biden in 2020 voted for Trump in 2024. This was due to a perception of a majority of voters that Trump was going to do a better job on the economy, immigration, and foreign policy.
When you look at the polling data, the genocide of Palestinians does not rank high at all, even among Democrats.
Stop blaming people for what they do with their vote. That's the entire fucking point of a democracy. Hold the right people accountable for thinking they could coast to victory on a strategy of "not being Trump".
Except instead of talking about building a resort in Gaza, she wanted a two state solution.
I will blame people for a moral failing all I want. Y'all decided to latch on to ONE issue and didn't give a shit who was harmed because of it, because suddenly, after over half a century of genocide, NOW you gave a shit
You did what the algorithm wanted you to do, and you don't care who got hurt or is currently in El Salvador, because hey, at least your shit don't stink
My trans son says "fuck you".
You are a wannabe. You don't give a shit about genocide. Because if you did, you'd do everything you could to save lives.
But instead you decided it was morally superior to let Trump in.
You're all bastards who have put my loved ones in danger.
Except instead of talking about building a resort in Gaza, she wanted a two state solution.
No. She said her policies didn't differ from biden's. biden did nothing to pressure netanyahu to stop the genocide.
I will blame people for a moral failing all I want.
Opposing genocide isn't a moral failure. Supporting it is. You should stop but you won't.
You don’t give a shit about genocide. Because if you did, you’d do everything you could to save lives.
You do give a shit about genocide. You support it so hard that you equate genocide support with support for your trans son.
Did you see any democrat respond to the constant barrage of hate ads against trans people by actively standing up for trans people? Because I saw them avoiding the issue like the cowards they are and letting republicans move the Overton window to somewhere they were more comfortable with, or running anti-trans hate in their own ads as a preview of where the Fascist Appeasement Party desperately wants to be.
Voting doesn't mean I support genocide.
I guess I support school shootings too? Guess I suppose privatized healthcare as well.
You're fuckin reaching.
I would be too if I assisted Trump regaining power
I voted for harris as well. I'm not carrying water for her and I'm not going to defend her mistakes by screaming at voters. Her campaign was shit. The only way the party will ever improve is to learn from their mistakes.
And supporting genocide was a mistake.
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"It couldn't possibly get worse"
Fuck's sake. I want to cry.
Send the Israelis to Libya instead
While I don’t think it does us any favors to front-load any plans for the future with “just send to ”, it’s also good to point out that a chunk of them are originally from Libya in the first place.
Wow. He did manage to top what people said Harris would've done.
/s no maybe not
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