this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2024
38 points (91.3% liked)

World News

38550 readers
2687 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Which in turn ignores the fact that only Biden is CURRENTLY the president and accountable for his own actions (which include material aid and political cover to the point that the US in general and the executive branch in particular is an active PARTICIPANT in the genocide rather than just a biased bystander) and that he's acting against the wishes of not just the vast majority of the people who voted for him, but also the majority of the population in general.

I don't like the use of the term either, as it makes legitimate criticism seem disingenuous if not downright Trumpian, but that doesn't mean that it's inaccurate.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I do agree with you. Biden can stop it but chooses not to, he is a Zionist. But no one will become US president unless they are Zionists until something is done about AIPAC. Biden is as guilty as he can be, and it the same time completely irrelevant, just a warm body that will be replaced with another.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get what you're saying, but I strenuously disagree with your central assertion that there's no point in legitimate criticism of a sitting president as long as there isn't currently a better president available.

You don't just get a free pass to commit crimes against humanity because there's nobody lined up who wouldn't.

That's lumping the US president in with the likes of Viktor Orban, Vladimir Putin, Benyamin Netanyahu, and other presidents whose subjects aren't allowed to criticize their worst actions.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 months ago

What I was trying to say is that the president is a symptom and focusing on the president distracts from the system that elects them, because good people do exist and the majority oppose what Biden is doing, they just don't seem to make it on the ballot. But you are right we can walk and chew gum at the same time, I am not taking any agency away from Biden, he is going to hell according to his own believes anyways.