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Mods also don’t want us talking about assassinating the entire Trump administration
Lmao is that what got removed from my last post? Im trying to gauge sentiment here and this is a reading.
If you're talking about your "Vote like you will be competing against me for $16 an hour jobs." post getting removed, it's because this community only allows links to articles. It's the first rule listed. If you want to self-post try something like !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world instead. You can check the modlog for moderation actions taken on comments and posts btw (on the webui there's a link at the bottom of the page)
fair enough. I'd argue that news articles really fail to capture some of the real politics and worthwhile discussions. There's a reason why the rightwing media bought up all the local news agencies.
I don’t know about your post history. But the mods on .world are very pro-government.
I mean im pro government too. Order is one of the bonuses of living in a society.
So, which government do you like?
I sure do enjoy a democracy even if I have to vote with glass lickers.
So do you want to answer the question or just avoid it? Specifically, which government do you simp for…. Like the mods…
I simp for a government who is able to take on problems I cannot solve as an individual!
So do you like the genocide party or the genocide+ party?
I was a fan of Biden actually, I know that’s a controversial take on here. I thought he was a good US president. A lot of people don’t think he was a good president because they don’t understand that a president doesn’t make laws.
But a president can bypass laws to ship arms to a country committing genocide!
No… congress made the laws to ship the bombs. They created the money to facilitate the transfer.
Remember when all us kind people wanted to send F-16s to Ukraine and it never happened. Your congressman loves sending guns to Israel. I bet you won’t vote them out this year. I bet you’re too dumb.
False.
The State Department approves the sale of tank ammunition to Israel in a deal that bypasses Congress - AP News, 9th December
Biden administration again bypasses Congress for weapons sale to Israel - The Guardian, 29th December
I stand corrected! Now remind me; was Hamas holding a bunch of American hostages when that was written?
Irrelevant goal post moving.
The reason stated by the Biden administration was "The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to ensure Israel is able to defend itself against the threats it faces" it was to protect Israel, nothing to do with American hostages.
Congress was going to ask Israel to maybe do a little bit less genocide. Biden said fuck that and went around them to do as he pleases.
Biden was a genocide enabling president and that makes Biden a bad president.
I really hope you have yourself a local candidate who supports your ideals to send to congress! I’d love to see you exercise your political power and make a better world!
My child I’ve been watching isreal stealing land a killing Palestinians for the last 40 years, maybe its not Bidens fault? By your definition and logic we’ve never had a good president, which is fair but why can’t we elect someone who doesn’t do genocide? Is the public dumb?
Goal post moving? I said you were correct and I asked a follow up question. Glad it got a rise out of you tho: did you just experience nuance for a second?
I voted for killer Kamala but she was not blood thirsty enough 😩