• OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Donald Trump is Genocide at home and abroad.

    Joe Biden is “only” Genocide abroad, and probably less of it.

    Therefore, a vote for Joe Biden is a Vote against genocide.

    No, it’s a vote for genocide, but less. Still the right thing to do of course, but I’m sure you can see how that is still a vote for genocide. No need to twist yourself in knots to justify this, it’s a vote for genocide AND the only sensible thing you can do in the current American political system.

    Personally I can understand how this doesn’t sell people on the idea so well. Maybe Biden just shouldn’t do that

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      8 months ago

      No, it’s a vote for genocide, but less.

      The parameters we set forth for what it means precisely to vote “for” something or “against” something is a choice that we make. While that’s true for every social construct, I think these phrases are particularly subject to opinion.

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        8 months ago

        Sounds like a lot of semantic twisting and turning so it’s easier to feel ok with voting for someone currently aiding a genocide. That’s fine but let’s not pretend it reflects the reality of the situation

        E.g. candidate A wants to give the death penalty to all crimes.

        Candidate B wants to give the death penalty to murderers

        Is voting for candidate B an anti death penalty vote? I think that is absurd