• just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    24 days ago

    Im a non-US non-Voter. But I feel the whole “every vote not for harris is a vote for trump” is quite frankly bullshit. People raising concern for palestinian are not trolling, or russian bots or selfish. You just disagree with them and are resorting to name calling.

    Here are some facts:

    A) early polls show that in swing states, votes for jill stein hurt trump more than harris.

    B) if a third party gets more than 5%, this unlocks federal funding for the next election.

    C) voting third party shows the actual voter sentiment of tiredness with the two main candidates. It incentivises other politicians to either form more parties or for the main parties to have candidates that represent the population better.

    If everyone just votes for trump or harris, in 4 years you guys will be standing in the same place as now or 2016. It was the exact same rhetoric in 2016 “lesser of two evils”. Obviously something needs to be changed.

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      24 days ago

      I don’t agree with your sentiment of “both bad”. The democrat voters sympathise a lot more with Palestinians than Republican voters. If Trump gets into the white house he has a lot more political breathing space to continue and support the genocide.

      Do you remember the Muslim ban he tried to make back when he was president? Biden is an asshole and he lacks the balls to stand up to israel and cut the military aid but Trump can do a lot worse like support an offensive against Iran, Israel’s ultimate goal.

      • just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        23 days ago

        I am not telling anyone to vote for trump that guy is for sure bad. USA needs a more progressive leader, more than harris/biden, not just for the sake of US citizens but also everybody else in the world.

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          23 days ago

          Hey, I’m not denying anything. I’m very aware of the situation and what’s happening. I think you’re just not aware of how bad the Trump presidency was for Palestine before Oct 7