I’ve seen a fair bit of discourse about how Joe Biden’s presidential chances will be affected by his responses, or lack thereof, to Israel’s ongoing hammering of Palestine, and people saying they won’t vote for him because of that. This, however, goes to a new and even stupider place:
Oy. Let’s break this down. The worst possible election outcome is Trump, right? I think Lena will agree with me there. And if people don’t vote for Biden, that is what they will get. There isn’t a third option. And “burning it all down” is a nice thought, but only if you have something better to build over the ashes. Which, currently, you do not have. You have Biden or Trump; you don’t have a great socialist revolution waiting in the wings to be better than either of them. Again, no third option. And Palestine’s not going to be any better off under Trump. And, frankly, look what Republican governors are doing without a Republican president, then imagine what they’ll get away with if Trump’s running the show.
As for Lena’s rights… well, FUCK her rights if she’s willing to give them up that easily. But it’s not her rights that she’s willing to give up in the interests of taking a firm stand, of course, it’s everyone else’s. It’s a decision she’s willing to make on their behalf. It’s a decision she’s made already, indeed. And if she’s willing to give up her rights in the interests of sending a strongly worded message to Joe Biden, she probably deserves to… it’s the ones who’ll lose their rights without deserving to I’m more worried about.
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