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Democrats need to pull themselves together and remember: Biden is still better than Trump
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this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2024
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You jump to conclusions with weak arguments and result to insults instead of listening to what I'm saying.
The information I provided isn't false and neither is yours. There's some differing opinions on the definitions of genocide. In this case, I would agree that it hasn't really met that threshold. By the text book definition. That's all.
It's not that it's not terrible. All war is terrible. But I also am of the opinion that violence is part of nature. I accept it as part of life.
There's a misconception among western intellectuals that emotion and intellect are juxtaposed, that your indifference towards the genocide that is taking place is somehow a virtue. It's not. It's your inability to actually comprehend what is going on. If you lived the life of a Palestinian you wouldn't just be mad, you'd be fucking helpless, and your inability to internalize that and have it impact your view on the world is a common human failing.
If the bombs Israel purposefully dropped on civilians killed someone you cared about, you wouldn't be on here arguing against people who use the word genocide. People you yourself admit aren't actually saying anything wrong. You're trying to move people who are literally just stating facts about the world in an emotionally charged way away from intense language. To what end? Do you actually care? Probably not.
You should develop some empathy. It's not a weakness.