“What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House.

I can’t tell if he’s pandering or trying to lose the election

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    6 months ago

    No man, the goal was to comment on the factual veracity of the claim made, as a form of contributing to the discussion. I’ve been trying to tell you that’s all I’m doing.

    It’s possible, and often desirable, to talk about a specific idea without immediately connecting it to anything else.

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      No. You said Biden was right because most of the population isn’t dead yet. That is categorically wrong. No part of the definition of Genocide requires waiting until some magic number of people have been killed.

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        6 months ago

        Alright, well, I think I’ve said what I need to about that. I let the exchange as it stands speak for itself.