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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span></p><p>I'm not conflating anything. I acknowledge <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> did a lot.</p><p>I voted for him, but I also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acknowledgeTheProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acknowledgeTheProblem</span></a> with not making national and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldSecurity</span></a> the focus of his presidency.</p><p>Not just NOT making it the focus but actually undermining it.</p><p>Here's a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/counterfactual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>counterfactual</span></a>: I don't know if the following are facts, but if they are, they're damning, and the outcome could've been different</p><p>"Biden hopes to avoid divisive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> investigations, preferring unity"</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@escarpment" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>escarpment</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nicholas_saunders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nicholas_saunders</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; Most people, when introduced to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moralSkepticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moralSkepticism</span></a> for the first time, make the argument, "…but what about *this* bad thing" (in your case, Trump and fascism.) This is an error. By analogy, I might say "color is an illusion…" and your response is "…but look how red this apple is!"</p><p>Moral skepticism has its place (That’s why I follow you), but I have no illusions that color is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldSecurity</span></a> risk; here, throwing away a vote to signal moral outrage IS</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Bam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bam</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ViciousBabushka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ViciousBabushka</span></a></span> </p><p>Not sure if this was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a>-linked, but the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDSMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDSMovement</span></a> is a global menace.</p><p>They encourage these kinds of violent "protests," spectacular boycotts, and closures that simply disrupt other people's lives (not just <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a>)</p><p>In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDSHorseShoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDSHorseShoe</span></a> blames <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, threatens to upend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSecurity</span></a> by handing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and unleash horrors upon the whole world</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@elsantonegro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elsantonegro</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; Tell that to the Palestinian Americans</p><p>Tell that to WHOM? </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestinianAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianAmericans</span></a> who <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enjoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enjoy</span></a> life in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demonizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demonizing</span></a> it? </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> in America who are conflicted by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guilt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guilt</span></a> over their enjoyment of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> that their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brothers</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> don't? ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111460087100168191" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11460087100168191</span></a></p><p>Don't be a tool in their hands.</p><p>If <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> loses, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> victory will be a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldSecurity</span></a> nightmare in which you, I, and Palestinians alike will lose.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@TruthSandwich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TruthSandwich</span></a></span></p>