why do american keep expecting democrats to do anything good. why are people surprised about this. why are people surprised that Mamdani has already started "moderating" his comments on intifada. if you're willing to run as a democrat, a party stained with centuries of blood, then you'll be willing to stoop as low as necessary to attain power and "make a difference".

[–] ingirumimus@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

I think for me its the fact the genocide in Palestine so blatantly evil, so obviously unjustifiable as "necessary/defensive/whatever" even by the most insane zionist depiction of what happened on 10/7 that I am genuinely surprised at the number of democrats who are able to equivocate about it, much less justify to themselves any kind of support for the israel genocide machine. Like, I knew at some level the democrats were soulless, the party elite especially, but the fact that not even the backbenchers are turned off by actively perpetrating a genocide (even after polls say that a supermajority of their base is opposed to it, which shouldn't matter but does) is insane. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, but idk its just so hard to fathom being ok with any of this