• Takeshidude@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    They don’t seem to understand that the Israel/Palestine situation is not on the ballot this November; does anyone actually think Trump would oppose Israel? Even if he personally wanted to, his supporters are all nominal Christians who would turn on him in an instant if he suddenly stopped supporting God’s Chosen People.

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      Except for the anti-Semites, who make up a decent chunk of his active base. Or are they also pro-Israel?

      Can anyone explain to me how the Nazis and pro-Israel crowds seem to be so friendly at the moment? It’s almost like this has nothing to do with Israel.

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        Except for the anti-Semites, who make up a decent chunk of his active base. Or are they also pro-Israel?

        Yes.

        Antisemite support of Israel is very common, because antisemites:

        1. Have a lot of overlap with fundies, who believe that Israel MUST exist for the apocalypse to occur
        2. Enjoy the thought of an ethnostate where they can deport all the Jews to
        3. Hate Muslims more than Jews
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        The Cristo-fascists are actively hoping for an Armageddon situation to bring about all their end of world predictions. The IDF may belong to a different abrahamic cult but they’re useful for fomenting that chaos in the region and lighting the lamp for jeebus or whatever the fuck they believe

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      They understand perfectly and that’s why they’re making it on the ballot. So what’s it going to be: continue supporting genocide and lose votes or stop supporting genocide and gain votes? Seems like an obvious choice, but maybe you’re too smart and understand too much over the masses you look down upon.

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        Unfortunately most of Biden’s voting base hasn’t paid attention to politics since 243BC so they still think Israel is the good guy

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      It is on the ballot if the voters put it there. If the voters say “I’ll vote for you no matter what you do or don’t do about the genocide”, then it isn’t on the ballot.

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        Bur you wouldn’t be voting against genocide. Both options support it. Not voting will also reault in one of the supporters winning.

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          Maybe I will vote for someone who is against genocide. I know they won’t win, but I will not vote for genocide. If someone told me I had to shoot one baby, or else they would shoot two babies, I still wouldn’t shoot the one baby. I can’t do anything to stop the genocide, but that doesn’t mean I have to support it.