• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “Students are not in favor of the way in which the United States has handled this situation, and are surely not in favor of the trauma and the pain and the genocide that the Palestinian people are going through — but also that innocent civilians and Israel are going through as well,” Calvin Bell, a Morehouse College student said in February, after the flag incident.

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    5 months ago

    Biden literally can’t do any public speeches without being protested against and somehow dems think they have a chance…

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      5 months ago

      Protesting his support of Israel is not the same as voting against him or abstaining. Just because he’s the best candidate doesn’t give him a free pass. Protest his poor decisions. Ditching him in November will be worse for Palestinians, Ukrainians, Taiwanese, and Americans.

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          Trump has openly stated that Israel should “finish the job.” He’s also expressed that we should allow Russia to attack non-NATO nations, as well as nations that cannot pay their bills.

          None of that gives Biden permission to do what he wants. Protest Biden’s choices, but don’t allow frustration with his actions invite someone outspokenly worse into the position.