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As the title states I am confused on this matter. The way I see it, the USA has a two party system and in the next few weeks they’re either going to have Trump or Harris as president, come inauguration day. With this in mind doesn’t it make sense to vote for the person least likely to escalate the situation even more.

Giving your vote to an independent or worse not voting at all, just gives more of a chance for Trump to win the election and then who knows what crazy stuff he will allow, or encourage, Israel to get away with.

I really don’t get the logic. As sure nobody wants to vote for a party allowing these heinous crimes to be committed, but given you’re getting one of them shouldn’t you be voting for the one that will be the least horrible of the two.

Please don’t come at me with pro-Israeli rhetoric as this isn’t the post for that, I’m asking about why people would make such choices and I’m not up for debate on the Middle East, on this post, you can DM me for that.

Edit: Bedtime here now so will respond to incoming comments in the morning, love starting the day with an inbox full 😊.

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[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago

I'm sure if Trump wins it will be of great comfort to the millions more Palestinians dying in the genocide that their deaths will be useful to your smug sense of superiority.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Having a hard line of support for genocide should not be a high bar to clear. Look at yourself in the mirtor and say, "I vote for genociders".

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee -2 points 1 day ago

See, the difference between me and you is that I care about the people who are still alive, not just the ones who are dead. I'm not okay with letting millions of innocent people die just so I don't have to "support genocide". I'm sure your conscience is more important than their lives though.

[-] rentasonder@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago

You explicitly support the continued genocide of Palestinians.

You are a white supremacist.

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee -3 points 1 day ago

You are explicitly pro more death.

You cannot make me sit idly by and do nothing while innocents die.

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