These are people who would have never, ever voted for Trump, but billions of dollars are being spent by the Democrats to slaughter our loved ones and our families. Israel has been decimating south Lebanon, where many of our relatives live, and now this administration is deploying US troops to the Middle East. Not exactly a winning strategy if they actually want our votes.

Some people think of a Trump vote as a protest vote. I have heard arguments being made along the lines of “Trump is not the person who is committing the genocide right now” or “Well, we didn’t have any wars under Trump”. I personally disagree with this, and consider Trump to be a fascist and fearmonger who deeply traumatised our communities during his presidency. He was a hateful leader who slammed the door on refugees by implementing a Muslim ban. While he didn’t start any wars, he did escalate existing wars in the Middle East and vetoed a series of bipartisan bills that aimed at prohibiting arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

    • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      418·
      15 days ago

      In this situation, you don’t want Trump to be elected.

      I don’t want my family to be dead, but they are already dying.

      Forgive me but, in that case, I would very likely think you were being ignorant.

      • scarabine@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        111·
        15 days ago

        Unfortunately the election isn’t about whether or not the USA stops supporting Israel. There is no vote for that.

        It’s about whether or not you want USA to be doing what it’s doing right now under control of people who will dialog with you about it (Democrats) vs. people who are just waiting for a chance to annihilate you entirely so you’ll shut up and they can get more real estate (Republicans).

      • treefrog@lemm.ee
        91·
        15 days ago

        Trump has made it clear the gaza war will worsen with him in office.

        So, I think you’re being disingenuous. Especially considering the direct quote was in the parent comment we’re all replying too.

        • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          211·
          15 days ago

          So, I think you’re being disingenuous.

          I’m not convinced that I’m being disingenuous in saying that it is hard to support a party when it condones the killing of one’s family.

        • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          313·
          15 days ago

          I don’t think you’re very good at reading, or diagnosing nationality.

          Killing innocent people is wrong and upsets people. Reacting to that with “you’re being silly” or “you’re a hostile actor trying to destabilise the world” comes across as extremely obtuse.