• fubo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Dude. My country elected Donald Trump, but that doesn’t make me a Cheeto.

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        This is a valid point, but to be fair, the majority of Americans didn’t vote for Donald Trump

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        I said “keep voting”, the majority see nothing wrong with Bibi’s treatment of the Palestinians, although they’ll be calling for blood after his failure to keep them safe.

        The US kicked the tires on a Trump presidency and decided one term was more than enough.

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        I mean to be fair a majority of Americans never elected Donald Trump but because some people votes literally matter more than others he still won the election

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        Your country has been a long time ally and supporter of Israel. Almost all voters consistently choose parties which support this. It’s one of the justifications Bin Laden gave for 9/11.

        I know this is controversial in some parts of the fediverse, but I don’t agree with groups like Al Qaeda.

        I find it shocking how often you’ll read comments echoing that logic, and suggesting that civilians deserve to die for the crimes of their government or leader, simply because they were born on the wrong side of a border.

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      23.41% of the electorate voted for Likud in the last election.

      The right wing bloc led by Netenyahu did not win a majority of votes in the election either.

      In part due to a rule change, a few smaller anti-Netenyahu parties didn’t gain enough votes to meet the electoral threshold, which is why Netenyahu’s bloc gained a majority in the Knesset despite gaining less than 50% of the vote.