cogman
Yes, I will keep complaining because I want Democrats to win. They can't win elections by ignoring the base.
Your "never call out Democrats" is exactly the problem with the party. It's what has led them to losing all three branches. The reason Republicans won is because they pointed out the problems with the US, said "fascism will fix everything", and they are delivering.
FFS, it isn't even that Biden didn't do a lot of good (outside of Israel and the border). However, he and the party ran from the positive actions they took. They did that for fear that they'd scare away a "moderate" Republican. Their messaging was "at least we aren't them" and that's what lost the election. It's what lost the Hillary election in 16.
So yes, I blame Biden, Harris, and the DNC for losing a winnable election to a fascist. I can't blame those that stayed home or voted 3rd party, how can I blame someone that couldn't stomach the choice between two active participators in a genocide? It was a choice between Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy and you are saying "well, Ted's not quite as cruel when he murders people".
Nice pivot. I see you really don't want to stay on the subject of Israel because it was a major problem with the DNC.
Just because I'm identifying a problem with the DNC doesn't mean that I didn't vote for them or that I support Trump. Kamala would have been better than Trump as a president, no doubt. However, She and Biden both had horseshit positions on Israel and actively worked to silence dissent on the subject. It doesn't matter that the RNC is cheering to nuke the middle east, their base loves that rhetoric.
If it's so obviously different, tell me how Kamala would have reacted? When did Biden withhold aid or did Kamala even hint at withholding aid?
Biden was literally shipping bombs to Israel right up until the moment Trump took office.
Of course it's not different. It's a giant black spot on Biden's legacy.
We could have only hoped that Kamala would have been different but frankly she gave 0 indications that she was willing to deviate from Biden's policies.
And, frankly, I understand why some Jews would be a little guarded when the topic of Israel comes up. Antisemitism is real and you'll certainly find people with a negative view on Israel that are conflating the nation with Jews. That's a conversation that can get really uncomfortable really quick.
It's why I have nothing but respect for the likes of "Jewish voice for peace" and the many Jewish college students and professors that have stood for the Palestinians. It's also why I hate someone trying to treat the Jewish community as having homogeneous beliefs.
First, yes, I've complained about those.
Second, We aren't funding any of those genocides as a matter of US policy.
Tell me what the US is supposed to do short of invading China, Sudan, or the Congo? The best you could say is more tariffs against china for the Uighurs. For the others we have basically no leverage beyond maybe USAID.
You are literally talking to one. And frankly, you are covering your eyes because you are uncomfortable with the fact that they are STILL protesting the genocide.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/thousands-across-the-u-s-protest-trump-policies
But go ahead and try to act like they aren't being consistent. Cling to your conspiracy theories rather than recognizing the party needs to change to be responsive to it's voters.
What point? That trump allowed the same genocide that biden did? That functionally trump and biden had the same policy for gaza?
Tell me, how would Biden or Kamala have responded to this news? Whispering to someone "Wow, netty sure is an asshole"? Would they have actually even threatened to cut aid? What are current democrats in congress saying about this? Has any non-progressive democrat condemned this?
Yeah, that's the point. One that you are missing. The party didn't listen to it's base and lost an election because of it. Gaza is just as fucked as it would have been under either presidency.
Hey, how about instead of chastising people for telling biden/kamala they needed to pivot here you look at the DNC that took a campaign strategy of "Well, let's ignore a huge issue because we don't want to lose donor money".
Trump won by unabashedly appealing to his base. Biden/Kamala lost because they ignored their base and chased after Trump's base instead.
Tell me what Biden or Kamala would have done different? Remember all the red lines that functionally did nothing to US policy?
It was under biden that, we estimate because we can't know, that ~500,000 gazans died. It was under biden that we continued to send bombs to israel even as Israel pushed the entire population into a concentration camp next to egypt.
Gaza was already under a dictator. Way to go Biden and Kamala, instead of giving a single fuck about your electorate loudly told you, you sucked the teet of pro-israel donors and it lost the election.
You are literally saying "you're being quiet while throwing a tantrum". Which is it, am I being quiet or noisy? Or is this some sort of weird quiet tantrum?
Yeah, look at how effective your strategy of running from responsibility has been. You and the DNC's policy of blaming progressive voices IS what lost them this election. How about you keep doing that louder. Maybe you can go strike a deal with the Republicans to level just half of Gaza. Because that's what Democrats in Congress are currently talking about. They are pissed, not because they lost, but because their constituents are calling them demanding they do more.