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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

US President Donald Trump is facing widespread criticism and accusations of proposing ethnic cleansing after stating that he would like to “just clean out” Gaza and relocate its Palestinian population to neighbouring countries.

Speaking aboard Air Force One during a flight from Las Vegas to Miami on Saturday, Trump described Gaza as a “demolition site” and suggested moving its residents to Jordan and Egypt.

“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing.”

He added that the move could be either temporary or long-term, saying, “something has to happen”

To everybody who voted against Kamala Harris because she didn't change her stance on Gaza, how does it feel to be played harder than a tenor saxophone?

[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I can't believe there are actually people who are surprised about his 'proposal' at all. Like.. everyone saw this coming, right? Plenty of people have been warning other people for years that Trump would do this sort of shit.

But hey, what do I know. I'm just an alarmist fearmonger. Or whatever they used to call me.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Plenty of people have been warning other people for years that Trump would do this sort of shit.

Frankly, he is just saying the quiet part out loud.

Or, do you think Israel ever didn't intend to do genocide?

[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, of course not. Fucking Zionists.

What I meant was that it should be a surprise to no one that Trump says these things. He's been letting the world know who he is for a long time. You're right, no more dog whistles, but not exactly a surprise either.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

It isn't a surprise, no one's surprised.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Backlash only matters if he or anyone he surrounds himself with actually gives a shit.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hell, it only matters if anyone cares, and based on the Dems and GOP in the US, neither of them really, honestly care. And most Harris supporters don't care either, as well as, well, I can safely say no Trump voters care.

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago
[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 133 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don’t see any appropriate backlash to any of his shit so far.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Of course it is ethnic cleansing. But in his opinion, it is the good kind of ethnic cleansing. Just like deporting immigrants, or sometimes even Native Americans...

[–] garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Of course, if USA really wants the Gaza population to be displaced, it would be consistent for them to take on a significant proportion of them as immigrants.

And they wouldn't even be undocumented migrants!

But they would still be brown :(

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 95 points 3 days ago (126 children)

I guess all the “Genocide Joe” commenters aren’t getting paid to skew the election anymore, so they won’t be here to comment.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 46 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I haven't seen "Genocide Don" yet. Funny that.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They're still around unfortunately, but they are fewer in number.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

The bots left, we're left with the dumbasses who believed them.

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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

You'll often see Zionists condemn Egypt and Syria for not taking the Palestinians "oh the Palestinians are so bad that even the other Muslim countries won't take them". No, they just don't want to be complicit in ethnic cleansing.

[–] kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 3 days ago

What a shock that no one could've ever seen coming.

Oh wait:

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well at least it's not genocide!

/s

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (14 children)

The "two parties are the same," "Genocide Joe" people are literally quibbling about that just to maintain their arguments and it's depressing.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well after all, if you argue with them, you're a genocide supporting liberal troll. Sometimes in all caps, even!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I always tell them how many hours a week (until recently, for unrelated issues) I have spent sending emails, making phone calls and even visiting politicians' offices to beg for them to do something about the genocide and ask them if they have even sent one form email or made one phone call.

The closest I got to anyone saying they did anything of actual note was someone who hilariously told me that they couldn't tell me what they did because it would ruin their anonymity. As if there would be no possible way to put it in general terms.

I even ask them if they ever have talked to a Palestinian about what they think. But of course not. Because they don't actually care about genocide, they care about berating people and playing political games on the internet.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Performative outrage is so much easier than working towards real change though!

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Genocide is the word you're looking for

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

definitively yes

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (6 children)

when utilitarianism seems less burdensome than whatever twisted knot the "genocide joe" folks have to tell themselves justify their actions, you gotta wonder about the choices they made.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 9 points 2 days ago

when utilitarianism seems less burdensome

How burdensome was it to watch 40K Palestinians die at the hands of weapons made, and supplied, by the US, and fully supported by Biden?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The carnage in Palestine is far reduced now than it was a month ago. I have no confidence that it will hold, but so far the only way that Trump has been worse than Biden on the issue is that Trump is explicit in his rhetoric as opposed to trying to sugar coat it. I realize that to Americans, who are only directly effected by the genocide in so far as hearing about it makes them sad, having their leaders tell them soothing lies means everything, but to those actually in Palestine, it doesn't make a material difference.

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Clean out that whole thing."

He doesn't even pretend it's something other than ethnic cleansing. Just literally "clean out" the Palestinians.

And we're powerless to stop him.

[–] nepenthes@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

And once again the media is creating apologetic headlines. I guess they want people to only realize the leopards ate their faces when they only have their Lying Eyes left.

“Does no one in the media know what it’s called when you ‘clean out’ an ethnic group and expel them from their land?” one commenter asked, adding: "Trump Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Gaza," that is your headline.”

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Centrists are suddenly unhappy now that trump is implementing their only policy for them.

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