• urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    Friend,

    You wrote a phrase with a hyphen in it. It doesn’t roll off the tounge, it is like a rock in a shoe. The person you are responding to did not like your phrasing (a bit fussy of them, honestly) and you responded with a book and a graph.

    This is not how you persuade people. It is kind of funny to watch happen, though.

    I think I’m due for a hot drink and a nice walk.

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      5 months ago

      Fussy?? lol Alright, maybe a bit…

      But in my defense, I see a whole wave of people on here exaggerating the truth and using the same buzzwords, calling anyone who doesn’t agree with them a genocide supporter or accusing them of being scared of the truth. Maybe I’m just paranoid but it seems to me like a concerted effort and I don’t like it.

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        5 months ago

        calling anyone who doesn’t agree with them a genocide supporter

        I think Democrats shouldn’t be selling weapons that they know will be used to commit genocide.

        Now say “buzzword” a few dozen more times. It’s not changing the fact that Biden supports Netanyahu’s genocide.

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          5 months ago

          I whole agree with you, the US shouldn’t be supporting wars like this. But let’s be real here, pinning a genocide on Biden is a bit much.

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            5 months ago

            He didn’t need to circumvent congress to sell weapons for Netanyahu’s genocide. No one was clamoring for it, and no one would have blamed him if he hadn’t done it.

            He proactively supported a genocide.

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              5 months ago

              Whatever the reason was, it wasn’t “let me send these off to kill Palestinian civilians”. He proactively supported a US ally who did questionable shit, which is very different.

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                  5 months ago

                  But I’m not? I’m refusing to pin it on Biden the way people are saying.

                  The better question is, why is it that when I refuse to follow along the charade I get accused of things like that? I’m not even saying or implying that.

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                    5 months ago

                    But I’m not?

                    You just referred to literal genocide as “questionable shit”. That’s downplaying.

                    I’m refusing to pin it on Biden the way people are saying.

                    If Biden didn’t want people to say he was supporting genocide, he shouldn’t have circumvented congress unprompted to sell weapons for Netanyahu to use in genocide.