Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who is also the current Democratic Senate candidate for Ohio, found himself in hot water in a past campaign over his response to anti-trans attacks from Republicans, and now he appears to be taking a different approach. 

Instead of trying to defend or explain his views on trans rights, Brown released an ad last week slamming Republicans for focusing on trans people at all, when there are so many bigger challenges facing the state.

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[+] -14 points 1 month ago (22 children)

Who did the genocide start under as president? Who lied to the entire country for 2 years about trying to stop it?

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago* (21 children)

    Truman. Everybody.

    Who just shipped Israel 2.8B in bombs with zero controls on who they are used against?

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  • [–] -4 points 1 month ago (20 children)

    You're right every US president is a war criminal and should be treated as such. Biden especially for allowing this genocide to happen in the first place.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (19 children)

    Lol Biden didn't send 2.8B worth of bombs to Israel with no strings attached. That would be your daddy trump, who you helped elect.

    Good job!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    I hate Lemmy right now so much. The shills are out in full force. Half these accounts are a month old.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    I'm not sure which one you mean, but the guy you're replying to (the one defending Biden) has a 3 months old account, the other a 1y old one. Usually people here claim it's the other way around, and any criticism of Dems is always shutdown because it's never "the right time".

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago* (8 children)

    I said half. Meaning this is a trend I'm seeing. I did not say it applied in every case.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    There was no need to get so need to get so defensive, but it seems I struck a cord. You decided to make that comment in a situation that was completely flipped relative to what you are saying. So I doubt you checked it this time. So is that really a trend, or are you perhaps just bias and also sucking off the Dems because it's never the time to hold them accountable?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago* (6 children)

    Unfortunately for you I tagged you as someone who does this same shit long ago so I don't have to wonder if this is a one off

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    I'm an anarcho-communist, if you think I'm pro Trump you might be illerate - or just extremely incampable of perceiving different experiences and points of view. My account is also older than your's, so I wonder how that fits your theory.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Yes I'm familiar with these theatrics. You aren't unique

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  • [+] -7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Yes, great argument, you are clearly a very logical person and I am defeated. I'm a vegan environmental activist and LGBT ally who supports Trump, you got me.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Like there's an argument you would acknowledge

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    An argument for why I support Trump? You're right, because there isn't one. I could tag you as "an intelligent life form" and it wouldn't be any more true.

    But I'm not trying to appeal to you. I'm just trying to get through to the few still sensible people on lemmy that can tell I have an older account than you, on the Solar Punk instance, can see several comments that are pro vegan, pro climate, pro anarchist and socilist etc. on my profile, and are watching as you call me a Trump supporter for daring to say it's ok to criticise Dems.

    For those people: hopefully you see how this place is filled with Blue MAGAs and you take everything here with a grain of salt.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    He sure did fight for Israel for his entire tenure in office both as President and before.

    Biden ran cover for this genocide for 2 years while funding it to the tune of nearly $18 billion.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    See, this is how I know that you don't genuinely give a fuck about Palestine, or genocide. You just want Republicans to win, and Palestine is a good enough token for today.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I mean you're the one who is somehow gleefully talking about how Trump is funding Israel as if the Dems did or would be doing any different.

    "If you cared about Palestine you'd vote for my guy" is a lot more tokenizing of the Palestinians than anything I'm doing.

    I'll never understand why y'all libs love genocide so much. I mean I understand it but it's always shocking when people double down on being so evil.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Hey, they updated the script!

    It's funny that one can claim to be anti genocide, while being against any sort of attempts to stop it as well.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Why would you think putting more pro-genocide representatives in congress would somehow slow down or stop the genocide, regardless of their party affiliation?

    Yes, sometimes compromises can be made, but I don’t understand this logic. I understand we’re being forced into a situation where we have to choose between things like trans rights versus genocide, which is bullshit. If you vote for someone who takes AIPAC money, don’t expect any progress to be made when it comes to ongoing genocide.

    It’s always, “well, we’ll get more pro-Palestinian guys in next time around with the primaries.” Do you think a Palestinian family watching their loved ones being slaughtered and being forcibly displaced by Nazis have time to wait?

    If you vote pro-genocide, then you have to live with that fact. So yes, I understand at this point, voting any option just promotes further genocide. You vote for someone you believe in, there’s still more genocide, because there’s enough pro-genocide voters to overwhelm you. But at least you weren’t complicit in it. That moral responsibility isn’t on that individual voter, it’s the mass majority of voters who compromise on genocide. So I’m not going to wag my finger at someone for voting with their conscience.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    The reality is that stopping the genocide is not possible right now. That is why the GOP picked that as the culture war talking point: it's a situation where there is no winning scenario for Democrats, and they can either call them the genocide party or the hitler party.

    The options are: less genocide (Democrats) or more genocide (Republicans). Refusing to vote for less genocide because they're pro-genocide just means that the more genocide side wins. And that's what happened. And that's why Israel is now actively pursuing the greater Israel project, because they know the GOP is fully on board with it.

    And now the measurably worse outcome for both Americans and Palestine has taken place as a result.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago*

    I'll never understand why y'all libs love genocide so much

    If you were arguing in good faith, you'd never say something like this. Your anti-democrat, pro-republican talking points sound super familiar though. Pretty much just like an account that did all these exact mental gymnastics leading up to the 2024 election and finally got permabanned for it.

    Your whole schtick is "you cannot care about outcomes, that's evil. You have to care about PRINCIPLES instead. Don't hurt Palestinians by voting in a manner that will hurt them less, that's evil, because you're still hurting them! You must instead use your vote to empower Republicans!"

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