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Who are they shilling for? See, Comrade Stein is shilling for Russia. As we know- there is a connection. But who exactly would the democrats be accused of shilling for?
Netanyahu. AIPAC bought two candidates right out in the open. The party welcomes foreign interference against progressives.
Israel paid directly for two candidates and committed FARA violations? That's a big claim buddy. Got any... Evidence?
AIPAC paid to defeat Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush. If you want to believe that AIPAC is actually independent of Israel, I can't make you stop believing absurdities.
I know what AIPAC is. Your claim is that they have direct funding from the government of Israel. That's illegal. You are allowed to set up a lobby group in the US that supports another country as long as the funds are obtained from within the US.
I know this might come as a shock to you, but there are many jews living in the US that happen to support Israel. You are welcome to set up any lobby group you want. Go ahead and set one up for Lebanon. But FARA is very clear about the source of the funds.
If youre not familiar with FARA take some time to acquaint your self? Or talk to a lawyer maybe? I don't know.
ROFL! Hilarious!
Yes, you find 14 pages of dead Palestinian infants to be the funniest shit ever. The perpetrator of the ongoing genocide in Gaza bought candidates for you.
Look at that! Four upvotes within mere minutes on a completely dead end comment chain! You’re about as authentic as they get bud!
No amount of suck puppets will make the shit you say appear any less stupid.
No, I find your bullshit false accusations to be funny. Especially when it’s backed up by quite a lengthy mod log of removed misinformation and bullshit trolling attempts.
I have no sock puppet accounts. If I Had sockpuppets, my comments would have more upvotes and a lot more genocide supporters would have more downvotes. Only one comment I've ever made has been (unjustly in my opinion) removed as misinformation.
You're just mad that I didn't immediately shut up when you used "hilarious" as a rebuttal. Now you're responding to my comments multiple times, spouting conspiracy nonsense, and going through my comment history to stalk me into other threads.
News flash bud…. There’s no genocide supporters here. But ironically, I did see you get bent out of shape when someone accused you of being a Trump supporter.
Hypocrite.
If you can’t take it- don’t dish it.
You stood up for a genocide denier in the thread you followed me into on another community.
No, I didn’t.
You did. As for your ridiculous lie that there are no genocide supporters on lemmy:
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=1207993
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=9567319
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=67131
Those are just the ones I've been able to find since my comment of 54 minutes ago, in the midst of considerable distraction. One of them is the genocide denier you defended.
EDIT: Here's another:
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=67131
Sure thing, trumper. Whatever makes you feel better when you accuse everyone that disagrees with you of being a genocide supporter.
I brought receipts. Of course, you dismissed them without even looking at them and repeated the same lie about me.
I'm disengaging with you now. You have nothing and I've shown that lemmy does in fact have genocide supporters. I'll probably add to the list and use it every time some genocide apologist lies and says no one on lemmy supports genocide.
Naaah.. you just pasted links to shit you disagree with. I’ve seen how you accuse everyone that calls your shit out- “genocide supporters.”
And I’ve seen how you twist shit to mean things people never said. So spare me your rhetoric. I’m not buying it. You’re a page right out of a trumper’s playbook.
Not fooled here bud.
While I disagree with genocide support and genocide denial, and you've made it clear that you don't, everything I posted was links to the modlog. Those were comments that were removed by moderators, not me, for genocide denial, pro-genocide misinformation, etc. Genocide denial is genocide support. You've made it clear that you didn't follow any of those links or even look too closely at the URLs. I invite anyone who believes that no one on lemmy supports genocide to read them. Anyone who reads them and claims those links don't contain genocide support is a goddamned liar.
And here I am taking the bait. I said I was gonna disengage. Shame on me.
I don’t know why you keep going with this man. I already told you I’m not buying your bullshit. I’m not the first one to call you out and I won’t be the last.
You hide behind your accusations of others because it keeps the heat off of you. Classic trumper move- stay on the offense, right?
It’s not working here.
Others will read the links even if you don't. Others will know that you never even thought about following them or reading them. The links speak for themselves. Goodbye.
Lol what? Are you just totally ignorant to corporate involvement in politics? Do you know what a lobbyist is?
Comparing Russian influence on a compromised asset to lobbyists is a bit of a reach bud. But you do you!
Wow, wow. Have you seen Erin Brokovich? Do you think corporations have your best interest at heart? Triangle shirtwaist factory? OSHA? Johnson&Johnson gave generations of babies cancer with their talc. Just look up tort reform and tort cases. Watch the documentary Hot Coffee. Watch the documentary The Bleeding Edge about medical devices. How about the Oakville Blob scandal that happened during Clinton's administration? What about social media companies and tech companies and the products they produce? Lead in baby food and Dollar Tree foods. The Nestle baby formula scandal. Thalidomide babies. Glyphosate being a neurotoxin that's permeated our water supply. What about environmental impacts of our companies and how those are genociding more people than actual active war? What about P Diddy and Epstein and all their connections to literal business owners who fund and come up with many policies? Or earth being past 6 of 9 planetary boundaries?
And think about how insurance companies lobbied to prevent Medicare for All policies and the best thing we could get was Obamacare. Or how price gouging has been shown to have happened with current inflation around fucking FOOD prices. Or how fucking taxes and tax breaks work for corporations compared to the rates in the 70s.
Notice how all these things harm the general public? The very people our representatives should represent? Yeah, Dems are shills and have blood on their hands.
They are literally killing us through abusive policies, inaction, medical neglect, starvation, climate change, and mismanagement. The Dems may be less fucked up than others, but they are absolutely fucked up.
Clinton was buddies with Epstein. They are NOT "for the people." They are for the status quo.
The state of political discourse on Lemmy:
Jesus. You can't make this up
Whatever you say kiddo.
What? I'm in my thirties and a sex worker. I'm not a "kiddo"
If that’s what you wanted to have said- it’s good for you that you managed to say it, isn’t it?
Why wouldn't I want to say that? I am an adult talking about an adult topic. I gave you numerous examples of Dems being a shill, which you literally asked for:
And neither I nor the other commenter are advocating for voting for Stein or Trump. Im voting for Kamala specifically because I think she will help sex workers. So it's kinda funny how hostile you're being with your little insults when we are on the 'same side.' Another Dem with the emotional and verbal abuse, you all can't resist it, can you? And then Dems wonder why people aren't motivated to vote for them lol.
What problems does Russian interference cause, that isn't present with corporate interference? You assert they are totally different and being a shill for one is drastically different than a shill for another (admitting Dems are shills). Both are guilty of killing people and misinformation. It's just who personally gets the financial benefits that changes. So how is being a shill for Blackrock so much better than a shill for Russia?
If Kamala was a shill for Russia and Trump was a corporate shill, but their policies were the same, would it be more moral to vote for who they shill for, or for the policies they say they will put forth?
Like if Kamala was a Russian asset, and Trump wasn't, who would you vote for?
I don’t answer stupid hypotheticals asked by people in bad faith after they called me a coward.
You lost any chance to have a mature discussion on the topic.
Fine, I accept your forfeiture and loss.
It's definitely proving my coward accusation wrong by running away from an argument you're losing. Sir Robin ran away....
Forfeiture and loss….
Bud, you lost this shit before it started. And don’t think I don’t recognize your troll attempts by the way. Mods love it from what I understand. And based on your mod logs, you’re on thin ice as it is.
Toodles!
Gotta have big daddy mods come ban for you, huh?
Can't handle an argument about - if Dems are shills and if TX lawmakers can even be charged with murder. You admitted Dems are shills. You haven't been able to post any laws that lawmakers could be charged with. You don't like protest because it bothers you. Lol. You handily lost and then tried to turn over the game board when everyone could see it.
Big yawn……
You done yet?
No.
By all means then! Don’t let me get in the way of a person hell-bent on getting themselves banned from this community.
I'm fine being banned if I was standing up for what I think. That's integrity and courage though - do you know what those words mean?
ROFL…. Internet activists…. Hilarious.
Who usually goes off about "social justice warriors" and "internet activists," and why? Why is it funny or embarrassing to be sincere online? Or is it just that you've been fed propaganda so you won't seek education or give validity to people like me? Who does that help? Your corporate pals who literally give us cancer?
The internet is a modern library of Alexandria with enormous amounts of knowledge on it brought to you by "internet activists." Lemmy was literally created by "internet activists."
Imagine being on social media to just parrot status quo opinions, reactionary speech, advertisements, and propaganda. Lmfao oh my. Imagine having a social media where your comments are indistinguishable from a bot because you're too scared to have opinions.
Okay. Feel better?
In general I'm always feeling good :) How about you?
Never better. Have the night you deserve.
Got a vibrator and good weed and food, I plan on it :)
AIPAC
Hilarious.
I don’t think supporting genocide is.
Yeah. No one does. So what’s hilarious is your baseless accusation that flies in the face of all things real and proven.