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It's coming from right-wing infiltrators and smooth-brained tankies. They all hate Biden and the Democrats for very different reasons.

This is a shockingly myopic view of the proxy war that's been orchestrated by Iran for the last two decades.

In a broad sense, there are two types of nations in the Middle East. Stable nations with functional economies who collaborate with the international community. This is your Saudi Arabias, Israels, Iraqs, Qatars, Omans, ect.

Then there are you broken states run by fundamentalist military juntas or terrorist organizations. They have nearly non-existant economies and their only significant interactions with the international communities is exporting raw resources and taking international aid. This is your Yemens, Syrias, Jordans, ect.

Essentially every stable country hates Iran, and every broken country works with Iran. This is because Iran has been funnelling tons of weapons, ammo, and military advisors into the hands of the absolute worst actors in basically every cobflict zone in the Middle East, including Hezbollah and Hamas, which is directly relevant to Israel. Iran is an enemy to stability and peace in the region. There is simply no other way to put it.

Iran has essentially been firing rockets into Israel for literal decades now. Think of all the Israeli deaths that Iran is directly responsible for over the years. If there was no Iran, there would be no massive Hamas terrorist attack. They would not have had the weapons and training necessary to embolden them so, and the likely explicit backing of Iran behind the scenes. While I fundamentally disagree with Israel's approach to Palestine, it is utterly absurd and hypocritical to look at this situation and say "Well, Israel should have just not provoked Iran!"

Boone

Trump couldn't win with incumbent advantage. I have a hard time believing he'll win now when things are objectively better under Biden.

Deep introvert. I enjoy hanging out and socializing every now and then. But it's mentally exhausting to do so. So I'm not one for big parties or big social gatherings (those will exhaust me even faster).

I need "me time" to recharge after socializing. Thankfully I can still recharge with my girlfriend around. She doesn't exhaust me

What an incredibly daft and insensible thing for him to say.

It is your DUTY to take a stand and make your voice heard if you are someone who believes yourself to have any kind of influence in the world. If you are blessed enough to have a platform on which you can make a stand for the right causes and issues, it is your responsibility to take advantage of that. Look at all the heroes and activists the world over who we cherish and have given their lives for just causes so YOU as a minority can enjoy the success that you do now?

Pathetically weak move and he ought to be ashamed of himself.

These are 2 different arguments. Criticism of Biden is good, he needs to be criticized for his Israel stance. Theres no need to defend what hes doing there. Not voting is something else entirely.

Pledging to not vote at all or vote third party is a problem. Even if Bidens israel stance doesnt improve, hes still the better option than Trump. I will vote for Biden, and anyone who doesnt is complicit if Trump wins.

This right here is the most teeth grinding, hair-pullingly infuriating thing about abstaining voters.

I'm sorry that Trump warped the fabric of modern politics so irrevocably that now realistically the only choices we have is fascism and not fascism. But, yes, him being that fucking bad is the whole fucking point.

Biden didn't have to "earn my vote" because I'm not complicit in a fucking fascist rise to power. Biden didn't have to "earn my vote" because I can see the big picture and I'm not so far up my own ass that I'm going to sit be cool with my LGBT, non white, non religious friends and family be persecuted by an aspiring fascist.

It's that fucking simple. I'm not voting for Biden, I am voting against Trump. If you believe a 3rd party is the answer, you're a fool. And just as culpable if Trump wins.

I can't find the post but someone else said this ITT that I really like:

"Why is it never the GOP that has to change?"

Y'all would rather moan about dems even though Repubs want to set the world on fire.

You dont seem to get it.
THERE ARE TWO OUTCOMES.
Outcome 1: Biden is elected. Things continue pretty much as they are, but theres at least some hope of getting somewhere.
Outcome 2: Trump is elected. Netanyahu gets carte blanche to do whatever he wants. Putin gets carte blanche to do what he wants. Trans genocide gets a go-ahead. Reproductive rights go on the trash heap. Project 25 is a go. Goodbye elections.
There is no magic outcome 3 where neither wins and a magical unicorn descends from the sky and farts out magic socialism.

Swatch is not as huge as like 25 yrs ago, what happened to them?

I loved it back then, and I'm enjoying replaying it now.

I know the game has its flaws, but it's perfect for me right now.

I'll start: I thought Everything Everywhere All At Once was mediocre to bad at best

... and The Irishman are meh movies

I've always thought that 2001: A Space Odyssey is painfully boring and slow

I think it has been in decline for some time. Can't go away fast enough.

Aren't sumo wrestlers actually really muscular?

You are much more likely to be happier without it. It would do the world a lot of good if everyone dropped that garbage.

Something is telling me this is going to be one of those movies where the critics hate it but the audience love it lol.

"Israel" is already enough distinction.
If referring to the people of Israel, generally the word "Israeli" is used.

We never had this problem with Russia/Russian or China/Chinese, why this one is an exception?

I'm man enough to admit to the 3rd option

They're certainly committing a lot of war crimes at the least

Interesting how everything you say is either just asking dumb questions or making vague references that attempt to sound witty without making any point at all nor actually explaining anything.

Biden will go down as the president who stopped Trump from destroying America. The one who fixed as many of Trumps mistakes as he could. Did his best to remedy the student debt issue, invested in much needed infrastructure. He lowered drug prices, record workforce participation, drastically lowered the number of people without insurance, etc? He definitely isn't going to be remembered as the guy who incited an insurrection though.

What do you have against arming Ukraine to fight off Russia? Keeping Americans safe at home not only helps Americans, but has also prevented ww3 and nuclear war with Russia.

Yeah, not only will he "insult" more than half the people, but he will genocide trans people, remove LGBTQ protections, take away rights from women and minorities, dismantle the Justice system, and so on. How do you feel about project 2025?

At this point I'm not sure who you're talking about. Trump is the one who is fat, old, obese, and clearly not in his right mind (if he ever was) and not only looks like he isn't happy to be alive after finally being held accountable for his crimes, and regularly doesn't know what year it is, or what's going on at all. Makes Bidens stutter and occasional gaffe seem normal. Especially seeing as Biden is in MUCH better physical health than the orange ooompaloompa.

It's not a low blow attacking either of their ages. They're both too old to be in office. It'd be nice if Trump could maybe give up on Taking over America so Dems could run somebody else without risking the country, you know?

Conviction, backbone, and charisma you say? While I'm 99% sure you're doing your best to troll as blatantly as possible, this is beyond messed up. Trump is possibly going to ruin the fucking world and you think it's funny to troll over? Or even worse... you actually support him? You've been conned by him and his people and are just fine with all the horrible things he says he will do?

I don't think I'll ever understand MAGA, or even just the people that troll with this shit. Trump hypothetically gets elected again and locks up his political opponents, invades Mexico, brings back firing squads, destroys the environment, all of project 2025, and worse, amd this is either something you endorse at worst or find funny to troll over at best?

This shit is why this country is so fucking horrible right now.

This was the film that convinced me he could be Bond

Nope. No amount of money would get me to vote for that racist jackass

All Republicans are not white nationalists

but

All white nationalists are Republicans

This dude is literally shilling for Kotick lmao

Ahhhh, thankyou, thankyou for outing yourself as fascists good to know!

I want to restrict the cancerous poison of absolute lies and evil propaganda presented as news that bots/trolls intentionally spread to cause anger, brainwashing and arguments that have infected this planet and destroyed society, yes.