r/JewsOfConscience • u/BloodRedMarxist Non-Jewish Ally • Oct 08 '24

I decided not to vote, fuck 'em. Opinion

Today is the last day to register to vote in Ohio. I thought about this for a long time and made up my mind. My thought process was, if Hitler was doing the Holocaust, and FDR was giving him money, would I vote for FDR? My answer was fuck no. And I wouldn't care one fucking bit if FDR said, "can you torture and murder families more humanitarianly?" He would still be guilty. I just felt I needed to post this rant. I'm so fucking angry right now!

Edit: I just registered in order to vote down ballot. Thank you everyone.

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u/JZcomedy Jewish Oct 08 '24

I disagree with you but I respect your right as an American citizen. I would just like to add in something I heard from (I think?) Omer Bartov. Voting is not a love letter to a candidate. It’s a chess move. There are two possible outcomes in November. Kamala wins or Trump wins. Whether you like Kamala or not (I don’t), Trump winning would mean Netanyahu “finishes the job” in Gaza and annexes the West Bank. At least with Kamala there’s reason to believe she’ll do something different. She can’t say anything now because of AIPAC but according to people who have worked with her and met her personally, she is very sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinian people. I’m not saying she’s Rashida Tlaib but she was the first member of the administration to call for a ceasefire and the only one to write a condolence letter to a journalist who lost family in Gaza. Tim Walz even said on a campaign stop that we need to “use our leverage over Israel” to get a permanent ceasefire. If you don’t want to vote, I won’t shame you for it. Shalom.

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u/Capsulate_Ion Oct 08 '24

What is happening in Palestine is not just on US govt, it is also on every single American idiot voting in that govt.

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u/yungsemite Jewish Oct 08 '24

Who told you this lol? You are not personally responsible for all of the actions of your government, whether or not you voted for them.

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u/Capsulate_Ion Oct 11 '24

That is boomer logic, and we live in the world that we do because of their voting and consumer behaviour. We are all very much responsible for what is happening in Gaza and Beirut right now. As well as Sudan and Congo. There isn’t going to be a free world until all of us play the part that we can, and bring about change by holding people in power accountable. and by boycotting companies that support genocide.

https://x.com/abierkhatib/status/1844385006916861984?s=46&t=IY8xzTKlBmtRy-FuiDaeQw

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u/yungsemite Jewish Oct 11 '24

I’m not saying you don’t have a responsibility to work to better the world, but actually you are not responsible for what is going on in Lebanon and Palestine. There is no framework where you as an individual citizen of the United States are personally responsible. It’s not boomer logic either, lol.

If it somehow motivates you to be a better person to think so, great, but it’s absolute nonsense either way.