cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25231050
By Lubna Masarwa in Jerusalem Published date: 26 January 2025 10:44 GMT
[some very ominous statements from #Trump]
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25231050
By Lubna Masarwa in Jerusalem Published date: 26 January 2025 10:44 GMT
[some very ominous statements from #Trump]
-Joe “I’m a lifelong Zionist” Biden
At least now one of the parties are going to pretend it have an issue with it
When it was Biden the only people in office openly criticizing genocide was Bernie and a literal handful of House reps.
That’s the worse part of “moderates”, when they’re in office and we’re not allowed to criticize them for rightwing positions, it takes the sail out of protests when it switches back to a real conservative in office.
The DNC just got telling everyone pro-fracking, pro border wall, anti healthcare reform, and sucking up to oligarchs was fine…
Just not when trump does it, so now we have to waste time explaining that it really was awful when Biden/Kamala wanted it, and it’s still awful now that trump wants it. Because too many are going to view Trump’s current actions as less evil, because Kamala held the same policy positions.
Uh, we all knew it was awful when Biden/Kamala did it, but we also knew it would get even worse under Trump. But then we got “Both sides are identical, it can’t possibly get worse under Trump”. And now, here we are. Clowns to the left of me, fascists to the right.
This election was not about the usual fake progressives vs neoliberal conservatives as you’re making it up to be. It was about a veneer of constitutionality at home vs blatant authoritarianism everywhere (that’s why you had Cheney and Harris on the same side). Lefties should have known better, but mainly centrists, swing voters and lo-info voters are the major chunk of voters to yell at.
These people downvoting are the same people who said the genocide in Gaza wasn’t something to concern ourselves with since both candidates supported it anyway. How quickly the tune changes once they can use it to act self-righteous while whitewashing the past.