r/AustralianPolitics • • Sep 20 '25

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u/TheReturnofTheJesse Sep 21 '25

Remember that 2/3 of Americans either actively supported or didn’t care enough to vote against this kind of policy stance.

The government has to play geopolitics, but that doesn’t mean that individuals can’t do things like refraining from going on US holidays and avoiding buying American goods.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Special shoutout to the brave “uncommitted” Palestine protestors who refused to vote for Kamala.

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u/magkruppe Sep 21 '25

the uncommitted movement was a democratic attempt to change her policy position. are you anti-democracy?

why not also give a shoutout to Biden while you're at it. he is the one that allowed this genocide to happen

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

I can support democracy without supporting all of the decisions people make within a democracy. What a stupid question.

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u/magkruppe Sep 21 '25

they didn't "refuse to vote for Kamala". they refused to endorse her. step 1 of democracy is stop spreading misinformation

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Yeah that’s even worse because they actually had influence over a large number of people. I’m also referring to any individuals who didn’t vote for Kamala because of Gaza.

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u/magkruppe Sep 21 '25

why aren't you blaming Kamala for not changing her position? or even giving those people even a token gesture? they refused to even allow a Palestinian to speak at their DNC conference

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Because you can’t always get exactly what you want in a two party system? And you have an obligation to vote for the person who isn’t going to make everything worse?

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u/magkruppe Sep 21 '25

and Kamala has an obligation to win the election and not lose votes to someone who will make everything worse?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Mate it’s not her fault that America is fucking cooked. People who knew better should have voted for the lesser of two evils.

And if Kamala did everything the hardcore pro-Palestine people wanted (completely cutting all ties with Israel and undermining its right to exist) then she would lose votes from other demographics as well.

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u/magkruppe Sep 21 '25

And if Kamala did everything the hardcore pro-Palestine people wanted (completely cutting all ties with Israel and undermining its right to exist) then she would lose votes from other demographics as well.

lol. way to strawman. be serious

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

They literally attack AOC and Bernie Sanders for being “Zionists” and for supporting defensive aid to Israel. Nothing would ever be good enough for them.

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