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.
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.
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.
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.