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Edm_Dantes

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Attorney at lol when I have time.

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Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 5h

So you agree as does the article, that Biden never disappeared people w/ sweeping raids and no due process. That was my point tbh.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 5h

They are fortunately and verifiably not the same. Also, it seems the point of my comment escaped you. I’ll simplify: they equate their government to a group they consider to be a terrorist group. Hope this helps.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 5h

You called me that and I am a person and def not a Zionist. So why are you lying about it? 😌🤷‍♂️

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 5h

To be precise, trump won b/c many chose not to vote. If you admit it is worse, I’m not sure why you’d advocate to not vote for the better candidate. My very simple argument is that helping the worse candidate win won’t solve the problems of having bad candidates.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

I think it’s a bit absurd that you’re talking about being abusive after you’ve been the only one who insulted here. I never even mentioned the word shame - I’m simply stating very basic facts like nonvoters helping trump win. You can argue that trump was better than Harris - I think she was better.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

I’m guessing you are relieved that your kid’s rights are being protected by trump :/

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

The post was about Harris, whose latest involvement was as a candidate during the last elections. It’s why every comment is about her - I’m not sure she is running in 2028, but if you have privileged sources, I’d love for you to share them.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

I’m not sure about the point to interject to troll. Idk is that really a good use of your time? I encourage you to proffer some arguments as to why you think what I wrote was wrong.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

So you feel your rights are better protected by trump? That’s the crux of the discussion b/c there were exclusively 2 candidates.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

It is sadly incontrovertible that nonvoters and protest voters helped trump win. After all, many celebrated Harris’ loss as part of their objective.
For you maybe it didn’t achieve anything, but for many vulnerable categories it helped.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

Not sure why you think it’s ok for you to insult your interlocutor- how does that advance discourse? Voters decide elections so even if the dems made a lot of poor choices, on Election Day the ball passed to us. You chose not to vote, which helped trump & is your freedom - I chose to oppose him.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

As to the genocide, I think it def matters who the war criminal prefers as it is pretty damning evidence of who will be more damaging to Palestinians. Both candidates were terrible choices, but even marginal differences can often mean thousands of lives saved & to me that’s pretty important.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

That is fortunately not true as people continued to be able to apply for relief during the Biden administration - they are now being disappeared w/o due process at their immigration hearings. Factually, the 2 administrations are not comparable tbh.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

My bad 😂😂

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

My argument is different. It’s about the fact that helping trump doesn’t seem to have been a viable solution. Also, if you want to reset the entire system, we both know that won’t happen by abstaining during an election - it’ll take a lot more than that.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

It’s really just about facts. There were 2 candidates, both bad but one immensely better than the other. Despite not liking her, I don’t really see how helping trump win was a solution or improved things for us. Also, we should accept that voters decide elections.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

They def should. When they didn’t though, was the best solution to help trump win? That’s the part I don’t find convincing.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

You can look at immigration as a thermometer: her record is not ideal, but immensely and verifiably better than what trump is doing. I simply don’t see what helping trump win achieved for us.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

It sure seems that way. I think a big problem is also that a lot of people don’t really seem to understand what certain words mean. It’s just sad b/c this fighting has enabled trump to win :/

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

I agree. I just don’t think helping trump get elected was a solution.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

They were not, to the extent they’re under attack right now.The previous administration never engaged in sweeping raids, disappearing people from immigration court or at work,w/o due process.I’m an immigration atty & what is happening now is absolutely unprecedented.You’d have to go back 80 years :/

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

Do you think helping trump win was a way to achieve that? Are you an immigrant? To avoid any misunderstanding I thought I’d just ask.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

Tougher than disappearing people w/o due process? Looking at her time as VP that doesn’t seem to be the case. As to genocide, trump is Netanyahu’s pick, so it’s hard for me to believe she would’ve done worse tbh.

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

They absolutely should’ve run better candidates. My point is different: once she is chosen as the pick, is it really the best solution to help trump win? Is that really going to get us better candidates? B/c right now (granted it’s early) I see that Newsom could be a front runner & that sucks :/

Edm_Dantes @emchi85.bsky.social · 6h

Right, but if you didn’t like Harris as a pick (like me, I really dislike her), is it really the best solution to help trump win? Idk, I’m not convinced tbh - especially looking at what he is doing :/