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As 75 Democrats Vote to Praise ICE, Ilhan Omar Wants to Hold Police Accountable for Protest Abuses (theintercept.com)

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Trying to pass laws to defend protesters’ rights is a lonely battle on Capitol Hill.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Well if you pay taxes you've contributed to genocide. If you own a smartphone you've contributed to human slavery and suffering. If you eat meat you've contributed to the brutal treatment of animals. Whether you wanted to do those things or not doesn't change that fact.

Being told voting for Democrats is the less bad path is still correct. They aren't perfect and need some serious changes, but the alternative is far worse, but somehow pointing out that fact is a sin punishable by downvotes and insults.