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So absolutely nothing that will stop the genocide in Palestine.
What I have done is spend hours of my time making calls, writing emails and going directly to the offices of politicians to demand they do something.
But sure, I haven't trained anyone not in Palestine how to use firearms or do first-aid training because those are 100% irrelevant.
Oh, mitigate things in Palestine?
I send regular donations to groups there for aid.
What beyond that, do you suggest? Voting for a dem wouldn't have changed things for them. Neither do phone calls.
Intried the phone call route, letters, etc. I was told by my dem reps, that it's important for the US to maintain a strong security presence there, to protect Israelis.
"They told me something discouraging, so I gave up" is not the excuse you think it is.
But congratulations on deciding the solution is capitalism. Both very American of you.
Bruh, I oppose capitalism...
You clearly don't. You think money will fix genocide.
that's not what they said
I asked them what they are doing to help stop genocide, they said giving groups money. So yeah, it is.
I may be stupid, but I'm not illiterate.
you are engaging in bad faith re-fucking-ported
That's literally what they said, but okay. Go ahead and report me for it.
it's not what they said. it's a bad faith interpretation
I'm pretty sure only I get to decide whether or not my interpretation is "bad faith," and since they are now telling as many lies as possible about me in this post (claiming I call people, including them, idiots, claiming I think voting is the only thing to do, claiming I think people should "vote blue no matter who," all easily disproven), maybe I'm not the one acting in bad faith her.
the mods and admins also get to decide. your tu quoque isn't a defense, either.
It's sure a defense of why you've decided to focus on me and not the person who is clearly trolling. But sure, I'm the real problem here.
And you seriously reported me to the admins too? You think I'm violating Lemmy's ToS somehow? Please quote the part of the ToS I'm violating.
I'm talking to you because you responded to me. anyone can read the thread. you claim they're trolling but I woke up to a message from you demanding to know what I'm doing to help with harm reduction. and when I clicked into the threead you were shitting on someone who is actually helping with harm reduction.
I know who the troll is.
Accusing people of bad faith seems to be something you greatly enjoy doing:
https://lemmy.world/search?q=bad+faith&type=All&listingType=All&creatorId=12111005&page=1&sort=TopAll
Also, don't you think maybe you should consider what I'm actually helping with? Or does it not count when I do it? Because that would seem like "bad faith" to me.
Now- what part of the ToS did I volate?
I'm absolutely right about each of the times I've pointed out bad faith engagement.
You still haven't told me what part of the ToS I have violated despite implying you have contacted the admins.
That seems like "bad faith engagement" to me.
I don't get to determine that. it's up to mods and admins.
So you report people for violating rules even if you don't actually know what those rules are?
That definitely sounds like bad faith. And trolling. And a headache for the admin.
this definitely sounds like trolling.
Then you are definitely violating the rules of this community right now:
But I won't report you for it, I just think the irony is very amusing.
no. it's irrelevant to whether you're participating in this conversation productively. you're not. you're derailing.
What do you suggest I do, other than that?
No matter how I voted, they'd be getting genocided... so, I sent money for relief aid. That's apparently wrong, that I put my money where my mouth is, and vote with my dollars like ya'll liberals say to do..
So what else should I do?
I suggest you stop lying about me, first of all. Then maybe we can go on to suggesting what you can do about Palestinian genocide. But I'm guessing the former is not going to stop.
I get it. Your only solution to everything is just vote. And then it ends there.
no, they also beg politicians to do something , and run away, and shit on solidarity efforts
Another lie.