'Damning' New Poll Shows Price Kamala Harris Paid for Backing Israeli Genocide in Gaza

Excuse me? How the fuck much more understanding do you want me to be? I've written hundreds of letters and made dozens of phone calls on behalf of JVP to try to stop American politicians from supporting Israel. Literally hours and hours of my time.

What the fuck have you done other than berate people on the internet for not caring as much as you do?

Oh, okay. Well you know Flying Squid better than I do because I didn't think he even implied that candidates were entitled to votes.

Please continue and tell me more about this Flying Squid fellow because I really thought I could get inside his head and figure out what he was thinking.

Correct, candidates are not entitled to votes, but I dont know what voting system your fantasy world uses.

Lets ignore parties for a moment and just say you have two people running that are different degrees of evil. I would argue a failure to vote for the lesser evil is to abide the greater evil (does this make you evil?). In this case, abstaining or apathy itself is also a choice, and would be cosidered evil because you did not act against the greater evil.

Lets add a more realistic third candidate in and demonstrate the spoiler effect. Where there is an idealogical divide, the side with the fewer candidates wins. If a third party throws their hat into the ring, they end up encroching on support held by their idealogical peers, effectivly handing the win to their oppsition by simply existing.

Combining both of these observations looks an awful lot like the electoral college and the US voting system. Neither major party is willing to allow a third party to exist in their space, because if they do they lose by spoiler effect and forces people to strategicly vote instead of standing by their ideals. The solution is getting rid of first-past-the-post and moving to a ranked choice or instant run-off system similar to the ones found in the EU, this would allow people to put their ideal candidate first without jepordizing their idealogical peers. Until such a time when that is a reality, being a protest voter/non-voter is making a choice against your own self interests and the interests of those you care for.

What I heard her say at the DNC was; "We need Israel, we're in a huge bind with that, but we're absolutely not ok with what is happening in Palestine and we're working to stop it".

A claim was made. I asked for evidence supporting that claim. I don't see how the question is in bad faith.

None of that is evidence of her supporting genocide. "You're wrong and everyone thinks so" is kindergarten level "evidence".

People need to recognize that this "war" (aka genocide of unarmed civilians) is happening between two different countries. As much as the US gov likes to think so, it is not the world's daddy. It doesn't have the power to come into any situation across the globe and immediately put a stop to it. Does the US hold a massive amount of political influence? Yes. But they still have to USE that influence to get things done, and weigh the impact using that influence could have on their military readiness for the region (which is important to maintain, now that it's there, unfortunately). They could absolutely stop funding Israel's military stock. Do you think that would immediately stop the genocide? I think it could cost the US an ally, which would remove ANY influence they have over them. This is a snippet of geo-politics that should highlight the necessity to handle complex problems with thoughtful, measured diplomacy. Personally, I don't want a world in which the US can "lay down the law" wherever, however, and whenever they want. Even when it's for the right reasons. Imperialism got the US into this mess. I'm not convinced more imperialism will solve it.

If geo-politics weren't what they currently are, I would love for the US to end it's relationship with Israel and immediately deploy troops to stop them. If domestic politics weren't what they currently are, I would love to not vote for people I don't agree with, on most issues, because I don't get candidates that are progressive enough for me (or the many problems in the US ). But, as a gay man, I have to recognize the reality of my situation, and the domestic threats to my family, that are on the horizon, because people like you threw us (and all minorities/ immigrants) under the bus to make some point about your idealogies. Petulant children, the lot of you.