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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 48 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 21 points 20 hours ago

Abstaining is pro genocide imo

[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 34 points 22 hours 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 15 points 21 hours 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 31 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Random123@fedia.io 2 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 17 points 20 hours 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.