President Joe Biden gave a press conference on Thursday night after the release of a report from the special counsel, Robert Hur, who announced that Biden would not face charges over his handling of classified information from prior to his presidency.
I won’t claim to speak for “Lemmy.” It’s not a monolith. For myself, I wish the US would stop supporting Israel just like they’ve done for decades, because Likud is clearly full of bloodthirsty monsters, and whatever bloodthirsty monsters do also exist among Hamas, the IDF is doing most of the killing, and we’re actively arming them. Of course that doesn’t mean I want the apocalyptic nightmare that would be a second Trump presidency; among other reasons because it would usher in lots and lots more suffering similar to what’s currently going on in Gaza.
I think to the extent Lemmy’s thinking on it is defined as a single hivemind, they just like being super-leftist which means supporting innocent people who are on the losing end of violent geopolitics, and shitting on corporate candidates which broadly speaking includes Biden, and so that means they’re giving Biden hell about Gaza. Which, I won’t tell them they’re wrong to give him hell. But, if that helps Trump win, they definitely won’t be happy with that outcome, and yelling about how it’s not their fault definitely won’t do them any good when abortions are banned nationwide, Hispanics and trans people are treated like mid-1930s Jews, and their social media is monitored by properly-politically-minded censors backed by punishment of prison. That is the type of best case short-term outcome we could hope for. You may think I’m joking but I am absolutely not.
I won’t claim to speak for “Lemmy.” It’s not a monolith. For myself, I wish the US would stop supporting Israel just like they’ve done for decades, because Likud is clearly full of bloodthirsty monsters, and whatever bloodthirsty monsters do also exist among Hamas, the IDF is doing most of the killing, and we’re actively arming them. Of course that doesn’t mean I want the apocalyptic nightmare that would be a second Trump presidency; among other reasons because it would usher in lots and lots more suffering similar to what’s currently going on in Gaza.
I think to the extent Lemmy’s thinking on it is defined as a single hivemind, they just like being super-leftist which means supporting innocent people who are on the losing end of violent geopolitics, and shitting on corporate candidates which broadly speaking includes Biden, and so that means they’re giving Biden hell about Gaza. Which, I won’t tell them they’re wrong to give him hell. But, if that helps Trump win, they definitely won’t be happy with that outcome, and yelling about how it’s not their fault definitely won’t do them any good when abortions are banned nationwide, Hispanics and trans people are treated like mid-1930s Jews, and their social media is monitored by properly-politically-minded censors backed by punishment of prison. That is the type of best case short-term outcome we could hope for. You may think I’m joking but I am absolutely not.