r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Oct 23 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/Travelisty Non-denominational Oct 23 '24

Accepting that genocide is a violation of human rights, and that one of two parties will win the US election, how can one be pro-human rights and considering allowing tyrant trump to win?

Sure the democratic candidate sucks for POTUS but one candidate did institute a Muslim ban, move and embassy to Jerusalem and is also a favorite of Netyanhu to win the election?

I understand my question is full of basis but I really don’t see how one can choose to abstain from this election without being a schmuck.

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u/Travelisty Non-denominational Oct 23 '24

I keep on forgetting how the democrats gave us a stacked 6-3 Supreme Court that allowed the repealing of Roe V Wade.

Democrats suck but I’d much gain a foot in progress than lose a mile.

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u/Saul_al-Rakoun Conservadox & Marxist Oct 23 '24

And yet that is what they did, with near-surgical precision. You're really deluded, buddy. You don't get "progress" with Democrats, what they do is scream about how the leopards are going to eat all our faces and we have to vote for them to keep the leopard door closed, but as soon as we vote for them they open the leopard door.

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u/Travelisty Non-denominational Oct 23 '24

I disagree with your fundamental argument that “both parties are the same” since I truly believe they are not. The great new deal happened under FDR. Marriage equality happened under Obama.

On the other hand, Bush got us the Iraq war. Reagan promoted trickle down economics.

Of course the greatest enemy of a leftist is another leftist but please, both parties are the same is such a weak argument if you are going to do nothing to promote human rights.