It’s very weird to see people say “Biden is awful. I won’t support him anymore” and get “Why didn’t you say that about Donald Trump?!!!” thrown back at them.
At some point, insisting that Donald Trump will ALSO do a genocide, so you need to donate all your money to the Biden campaign and block walk for him… Fucking bananas.
Even Obama didn’t get this kind of Ride or Die support from Democrats.
It’s because Trump has said he wants the genocide to be stronger. Biden wants it to end, but isn’t doing much to stop it. Trump also wants to go after minorities in the US.
Obama didn’t get the same support because his opponent wasn’t even close to as bad. Trump has already tried to overturn democracy. Republicans have also put together a plan to innact a Christo-fascist dictatorship (project 2025). The elections with Obama were business as usual. This election is, for many people, life or death, and potentially the last hope for democracy.
Also, Obama was cooler than Biden but he wasn’t better. Honestly, I think if you were to compare their actions as president, Biden would be better. He still sucks, but he’s much better than I expected (very low bar). They’re just not great at communicating what he’s done.
You don’t absolve yourself of genocide by saying “Well, it was either me or Mega-Hitler”
What? So let’s apply this to 1930s Germany.
Your stance is that, if Hitlers political rivals stood for anything “wrong” by your moral code, whatever that is, that voters were in the right to not vote against literally Hitler?
That’s taking “two wrongs don’t make a right” to extreme absolutes.
Your stance is that, if Hitlers political rivals stood for anything “wrong” by your moral code, whatever that is, that voters were in the right to not vote against literally Hitler?
This was what brought down the Hindenburg government, in fact. His performance in the Presidency was notoriously abysmal and his country suffered enormously under his tenure. In fact, one could very easily argue that Hindenburg’s failures created the Nazi Party, as disaffected voters fled the traditional political sphere for the edges of the ideological map - to the Nazis, the Communists, and the Friekorps radicals…
It was, after all, Hindenburg himself who appointed Hitler to the Chancellorship, because he considered Hitler someone he could compromise with.
This is a shockingly similar position to the current Biden/Schumer Congress, which consistently attempts to negotiate with “moderates” in the Republican Party even to this day.
That’s taking “two wrongs don’t make a right” to extreme absolutes.
Looking at the trajectory the conservative wing of the Democratic Party has us on, and comparing it to the Weimer Republic, reveals some terrifying parallels.
This isn’t “two wrongs make a right” nearly so much as it is “the marginal less or two evils is still unconscionable”.
No one is saying they’re absolved. Where have you heard that?
The fact of the matter is that if you don’t like genocide or gitmo or whatever other horrible things, you should vote for the person who at worst wants to maintain the status quo of horrible things.
That said, Obama wanted to close Gitmo. Biden has also condemned Israel’s attacks, and the US has warned them to stop. We’ve also stopped some military aid to them, but obviously not all. The recent jets, for example, still happened, but they’re air-superiority fighters which serve no use against Palestine. We’ve also continued to send a lot of other defensive aid, though offensive has slowed down if not stopped. To imply Obama or Biden didn’t try to do anything is ignorance at best, if not an outright lie. The fact of the matter is that much of it is handled by congress though, and republicans in congress will stop a Democrat from doing essentially anything.
Because the reality of our shitty political system is that not supporting the only viable non-fascist candidate means supporting the one that is. It only actually matters in the handful of swing states, but the internet is worldwide and heaping negativity about supporting the non-fascist candidate can matter. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t criticize Biden and the Democrats for their many failings, but not supporting him in the election for the sake of the country is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Because the reality of our shitty political system is that not supporting the only viable non-fascist candidate means supporting the one that is.
Isn’t this a little disingenuous? Or maybe individualism is so ingrained in the western psyche that people honestly don’t see the asymmetry of this framing.
The reality of our political system is that the only way to get change is to demand it from the people who need your vote. By giving your vote without demanding change, you’re supporting the system that disenfranchises you (and you’re supporting the binary choice that was given to you by it).
It’s not just someone doing something that you don’t agree with.
Are we trying to do moral relativism on genocide?
The IDF knowingly and deliberately bombed food aid workers in clearly marked vehicles on a road designated for food aid delivery, entirely for the purpose of starving out war refugees.
They did that with munitions built and supplied by the American government.
And when questioned, the American National Security Secretary said it was the IDF’s prerogative to bomb them.
This was deliberate, calculated, cold blooded murder of aid workers done with the participation of the US military under the command of President Joe Biden.
Everything you just said has nothing to do with fascism
Polices of genocide and the ideology that justify it are both elements of fascist tendency.
Deliberately ignorance of the existence and perpetuation of genocidal policy is traditionally referred to as “Holocaust Denial”, another classic fascist technique.
Holocaust denial is to deny that the holocaust happened, which was indeed a genocide.
Fascism is a type of government characterized by centralized authoritarian leadership, often with a dictatorship. Typically, power is maintained through violence, and the military is used to suppress any opposition.
I agree with you, genocide can be an element of fascism. However, it does not define fascism. Your argument is equivalent to saying that all engines are war machines. They can be, but not all of them are.
Are we done here with your bullshit false equivalences?
Holocaust denial is to deny that the holocaust happened
It is to deny when a holocaust happens. What is happening in Gaza right now is unquestionably a genocide. And Biden’s role has consistently been to defend that genocide.
I agree with you, genocide can be an element of fascism. However, it does not define fascism.
“They’re doing a genocide, but they’re not doing a fascist genocide” reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of how genocides are conceived of, executed, and rationalized after the fact.
Are we done here with your bullshit false equivalences?
This conversation is a difficult one for a liberal to hear, because it forces the liberal to observe things about their own country that they don’t want to recognize.
So its very common to assert “Yes, foreigners did a bad thing somewhere else, but it could never happen here. My country and my generation could never be so complicit.”
It’s very weird to see people say “Biden is awful. I won’t support him anymore” and get “Why didn’t you say that about Donald Trump?!!!” thrown back at them.
At some point, insisting that Donald Trump will ALSO do a genocide, so you need to donate all your money to the Biden campaign and block walk for him… Fucking bananas.
Even Obama didn’t get this kind of Ride or Die support from Democrats.
It’s because Trump has said he wants the genocide to be stronger. Biden wants it to end, but isn’t doing much to stop it. Trump also wants to go after minorities in the US.
Obama didn’t get the same support because his opponent wasn’t even close to as bad. Trump has already tried to overturn democracy. Republicans have also put together a plan to innact a Christo-fascist dictatorship (project 2025). The elections with Obama were business as usual. This election is, for many people, life or death, and potentially the last hope for democracy.
Also, Obama was cooler than Biden but he wasn’t better. Honestly, I think if you were to compare their actions as president, Biden would be better. He still sucks, but he’s much better than I expected (very low bar). They’re just not great at communicating what he’s done.
And Mitt Romney said “Double Gitmo”. That doesn’t absolve Obama or Biden for keeping the illegal torture prison open during their terms.
You don’t absolve yourself of genocide by saying “Well, it was either me or Mega-Hitler”
What? So let’s apply this to 1930s Germany.
Your stance is that, if Hitlers political rivals stood for anything “wrong” by your moral code, whatever that is, that voters were in the right to not vote against literally Hitler?
That’s taking “two wrongs don’t make a right” to extreme absolutes.
This was what brought down the Hindenburg government, in fact. His performance in the Presidency was notoriously abysmal and his country suffered enormously under his tenure. In fact, one could very easily argue that Hindenburg’s failures created the Nazi Party, as disaffected voters fled the traditional political sphere for the edges of the ideological map - to the Nazis, the Communists, and the Friekorps radicals…
It was, after all, Hindenburg himself who appointed Hitler to the Chancellorship, because he considered Hitler someone he could compromise with.
This is a shockingly similar position to the current Biden/Schumer Congress, which consistently attempts to negotiate with “moderates” in the Republican Party even to this day.
Looking at the trajectory the conservative wing of the Democratic Party has us on, and comparing it to the Weimer Republic, reveals some terrifying parallels.
This isn’t “two wrongs make a right” nearly so much as it is “the marginal less or two evils is still unconscionable”.
No one is saying they’re absolved. Where have you heard that?
The fact of the matter is that if you don’t like genocide or gitmo or whatever other horrible things, you should vote for the person who at worst wants to maintain the status quo of horrible things.
That said, Obama wanted to close Gitmo. Biden has also condemned Israel’s attacks, and the US has warned them to stop. We’ve also stopped some military aid to them, but obviously not all. The recent jets, for example, still happened, but they’re air-superiority fighters which serve no use against Palestine. We’ve also continued to send a lot of other defensive aid, though offensive has slowed down if not stopped. To imply Obama or Biden didn’t try to do anything is ignorance at best, if not an outright lie. The fact of the matter is that much of it is handled by congress though, and republicans in congress will stop a Democrat from doing essentially anything.
Obama said he wanted to close Gitmo. He gave up forever at the very first setback.
Sure, and we can question it, but we can’t know what he will do. My understanding is that he really had not control over that though
Because the reality of our shitty political system is that not supporting the only viable non-fascist candidate means supporting the one that is. It only actually matters in the handful of swing states, but the internet is worldwide and heaping negativity about supporting the non-fascist candidate can matter. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t criticize Biden and the Democrats for their many failings, but not supporting him in the election for the sake of the country is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Isn’t this a little disingenuous? Or maybe individualism is so ingrained in the western psyche that people honestly don’t see the asymmetry of this framing.
The reality of our political system is that the only way to get change is to demand it from the people who need your vote. By giving your vote without demanding change, you’re supporting the system that disenfranchises you (and you’re supporting the binary choice that was given to you by it).
No, not even slightly
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You are aware that fascism already has a definition, correct? It’s not just someone doing something that you don’t agree with.
Please don’t water down a word that has very serious implications right now.
Are we trying to do moral relativism on genocide?
The IDF knowingly and deliberately bombed food aid workers in clearly marked vehicles on a road designated for food aid delivery, entirely for the purpose of starving out war refugees.
They did that with munitions built and supplied by the American government.
And when questioned, the American National Security Secretary said it was the IDF’s prerogative to bomb them.
This was deliberate, calculated, cold blooded murder of aid workers done with the participation of the US military under the command of President Joe Biden.
Everything you just said has nothing to do with fascism and is therefore irrelevant to the term.
I’m not saying that any of that is ok, but that doesn’t make it fascism.
Polices of genocide and the ideology that justify it are both elements of fascist tendency.
Deliberately ignorance of the existence and perpetuation of genocidal policy is traditionally referred to as “Holocaust Denial”, another classic fascist technique.
Holocaust denial is to deny that the holocaust happened, which was indeed a genocide.
Fascism is a type of government characterized by centralized authoritarian leadership, often with a dictatorship. Typically, power is maintained through violence, and the military is used to suppress any opposition.
I agree with you, genocide can be an element of fascism. However, it does not define fascism. Your argument is equivalent to saying that all engines are war machines. They can be, but not all of them are.
Are we done here with your bullshit false equivalences?
It is to deny when a holocaust happens. What is happening in Gaza right now is unquestionably a genocide. And Biden’s role has consistently been to defend that genocide.
“They’re doing a genocide, but they’re not doing a fascist genocide” reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of how genocides are conceived of, executed, and rationalized after the fact.
This conversation is a difficult one for a liberal to hear, because it forces the liberal to observe things about their own country that they don’t want to recognize.
So its very common to assert “Yes, foreigners did a bad thing somewhere else, but it could never happen here. My country and my generation could never be so complicit.”
And yet, here we are.
Exhibit A