• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    The correspondents dinner is not as hopeful or bright as it used to be.

    Theyā€™re trying to prop up an old man to look young and treat him as the last hope against a decrepit opponent.

    All while casually ignoring their responsibility to the world and encouraging one of the worst senseless and useless conflicts in living history.

    The world isnā€™t blind or ignorant. America can put on the biggest blinders they want but everyone will still see and understand Americaā€™s part in all this.

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      2 months ago

      The war in Gaza isnā€™t the only thing going on in the world, you know. Itā€™s not even the deadliest war going on right now. Take a look at the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll#Wars_and_armed_conflicts

      The current era of the Israel-Palestine war (since October) has a death toll of around 30k. Look at how many other current and recent wars have death tolls of at least that much. Notably, the US-Afghanistan war (around 193k deaths) was ended by Biden.

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        2 months ago

        He also ended support for the genocides in Yemen, which had already claimed a whopping 380k lives under Obama and Trump

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      2 months ago

      To be sure, electing Trump would be the worst thing US citizens could do in regard to Gaza.

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      2 months ago

      Hopeful or bright?

      My good dude, the WHPCA dinner has always been a disaster. Whatever one-liners we get, or the occasional Colbert, weā€™ll take. But no oneā€™s confused that it should exist - it shouldnā€™t.

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      2 months ago

      I blame Obama. After you make fun of Trump to his face, then go back to the White House to watch bin Laden get capped, you canā€™t expect a better act.