The Uncommitted national movement has reached Wisconsin, perhaps the most critical swing state in the country, for the April 2 primary. To learn more, In These Times interviewed Wisconsin organizers Reema Ahmad and Kyle Johnson, as well as elected officials Francesca Hong and Ryan Clancy.
  • PugJesus@kbin.social
    4310·
    6 months ago

    I’m just one of many people who cannot bring themselves to vote for somebody who is enabling genocide, and who cannot go back to his neighbors or constituents and look them in the eye and say, ​“I know that you’ve lost somebody in the West Bank or Gaza,” or, ​“I know that this is an issue that’s incredibly important to you, but that’s not good enough anymore.” And I think taking people for granted, taking voters for granted, has to end.

    Oh, good, then they can look forward to going up to their neighbors, looking them in the eye, and saying “I know that you’ve lost somebody in the West Bank or Gaza; and so in solidarity with you, I’ve decided to ensure that LGBT and minorities here in America suffer too, and you’ll likely be among them.”

    I have no problem with people voting uncommitted in the primary. But saying “There is no lesser of two evils!!!” is privileged and short-sighted as fuck.

    • BakerBagel@midwest.social
      92·
      6 months ago

      Luckily Trump isnt on the ballot to beat Biden in amy state primary elections.

      And you understand that potentially atopping a future genocide is not nearly as powerful an argument as atopping an ongoing one, right? Biden needs the people who want an end to the violence in Gaza to vote for him, so he should be doing more to earn their vote.

    • rayyy@lemmy.world
      1512·
      6 months ago

      I’m just one of many people who cannot bring themselves to vote for somebody who is enabling genocide

      How completely uninformed can these people be? Social media is the absolute worse place to become informed and the best place to become radicalized.
      Biden has done many things to curb the senseless killings. So, let’s go with the orange guy who says let Israel finish the job?

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1610·
        6 months ago

        Biden has done many things to curb the senseless killings.

        And just sold Netanyahu more weapons to continue the genocide with the US’ enthusiastic blessing. You won’t call it a genocide and that tells me all you are.