Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according to people familiar with its provisions.

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    So you vote for nothing and the worst of the two gets in anyway. The family who would’ve otherwise lived in the ‘lesser genocide’ thanks you. In what realm does that make sense?

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      These “red line” commenters are so blinded by their own purity tests that they can’t see they’re actually supporting the greater genocide. Every thread here on lemmy is full of them, and they all make the same case, but they refuse to acknowledge the actual reality, which is that not voting for the one person who has an actual chance to beat Trump, they’re actually supporting him. Not as much as they would if they actually voted for him, but still significantly.

      If Trump wins by a narrow margin, it will be because of these red-liners who valued their own purity over the lives of others.

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          In a way, there’s an argument to be made there. If you’re not doing everything you can to help defeat evil, then you are allowing that evil some amount of support.

          On the other hand, your vote is black and white. By not voting for the one person who has an actual chance to beat Trump, your actions are inarguably are supporting Trump.

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            Your money is black and white too. By not donating to the one person that has an actual chance to beat Trump, your actions are unarguably supporting Trump. Similarly! By not volunteering your time to the one person that has an actual chance to beat Trump…

            Zero. Difference.

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              You could argue he’s donating his time right now trying to sway people in a public forum and getting them to think I support for his candidate of the lesser of two evils.

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              I literally just agreed with you in my previous post. So I guess you agree now, and you’ve realized that the only reasonable choice is to vote for Biden.

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      I’m voting downticket for Democrats so they hinder Trump.

      I won’t vote for genocide. I’d rather kill myself.

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        Trump literally led a violent insurrection to stay in power.

        Vote for local government and representatives. But they aren’t going to be able to do much when the Nazis come marching again