I agree with you on pretty much all points. People who fault Biden and promise to withhold their votes for him for not doing enough to oppose Israel's excesses are making multiple mistakes. Among them, like you have said:
1) Biden is doing more to oppose Israel's actions publicly than any US president since 1948.
2) Is this enough for everybody? I get it, the answer is No. But consider that Biden is president of a country where public opinion is still strongly in favor of Israel-- due in no small part to leaders of the other political party now embracing genocide-like slogans against the Palestinians.
2a) You really think there's still "no difference"? 8 months ago I might have allowed that you were making a rhetorical point by saying that. Now I have to assume anyone who says that is simply an idiot or a deliberate liar.
3) Our presidential election is a zero-sum game. There are effectively only two candidates. To withhold a vote from is to increase the support of the other. Yes, I know a lot of people don't like either one and don't like the system. Tough. It's realpolitik. Frankly it's also real fact. Get over your pie-eyed notions of what perfect would look like and vote for the better/less bad of the two candidates we've got.
4) But do keep speaking up for what you believe is right! One side is listening to you and is changing, slowly. I get it, the slow change is frustrating. Don't let it drive you to vote for the other side-- or withhold your vote from the side willing to listen albeit slowly-- in a fit of pique. That's just shooting yourself and everything you care about in the foot.
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1) Biden is doing more to oppose Israel's actions publicly than any US president since 1948.
2) Is this enough for everybody? I get it, the answer is No. But consider that Biden is president of a country where public opinion is still strongly in favor of Israel-- due in no small part to leaders of the other political party now embracing genocide-like slogans against the Palestinians.
2a) You really think there's still "no difference"? 8 months ago I might have allowed that you were making a rhetorical point by saying that. Now I have to assume anyone who says that is simply an idiot or a deliberate liar.
3) Our presidential election is a zero-sum game. There are effectively only two candidates. To withhold a vote from is to increase the support of the other. Yes, I know a lot of people don't like either one and don't like the system. Tough. It's realpolitik. Frankly it's also real fact. Get over your pie-eyed notions of what perfect would look like and vote for the better/less bad of the two candidates we've got.
4) But do keep speaking up for what you believe is right! One side is listening to you and is changing, slowly. I get it, the slow change is frustrating. Don't let it drive you to vote for the other side-- or withhold your vote from the side willing to listen albeit slowly-- in a fit of pique. That's just shooting yourself and everything you care about in the foot.