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In response to "My daughter has similar issues with a lot of her friends. " by Inigo

Genocide is generally regarded as the worst crime humanity has, right?

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Jun 28 '24, 17:17

You may disagree on the specific definition of what's happening in Gaza, but surely you can understand someone who knows history seeing this and believing something must be done, something has to be said. There are far worse things to be hard line about.

Threatening to withhold a vote is calculus. Biden thinks he can win without those people and has calculated he needs other voters more. But it's a flex of power, not uninformed kids succumbing to peer pressure.

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it's a calculation that Biden seems to be actually pulling off. which just means anyone withholding their vote has even less power when he's reelected -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 17:27 3
- Then they have no power now. If Biden has the same view as Trump that anybody who didn't vote for him isn't his constituent...sounds like extortion. -- nm* - colin Jun 28, 17:33 2
  - progressives had a seat at the table when Biden first took office and got most or all of what they wanted in the stimulus package, and a good chunk - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 17:41 1
    - I don’t understand anyone not seeing just how many very progressive things have been done, and even more proposed, under joe. unprecedented in modern - i.b.! Jun 28, 17:52

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