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For the First Time Ever There Will be a Vote in Congress on Blocking Weapons to Israel (scheerpost.com)
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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 56 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I hope you're prepared for a lot of "abstain" votes.

[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd say fence-sitting this vote is even more an indictment than just a "No" vote personally; it doesn't take a MENSA candidate to tell whether or not funding a genocidal morass of settlers is morally correct

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

Yeah, saying ‘no comment’ to stopping a thing we’re already doing is just adding a meaningless word after the ‘no’

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still tells me everything I need to know. Silence is violence

[–] Random123@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

Thats a bit dramatic, its more like silence is complacency in congress

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago

Abstaining is pro genocide imo

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

That is a perfectly clear message for me actually.

It's about opposing genocide or not. "Do nothing knowing that will cause the genocide to continue" is close enough to "continue the genocide" for me.