Comment by vFunct

Comment by vFunct a day ago

That’s not now policy works in the US. We aren’t a direct democracy. Policy proposals don’t require “most Americans” to care about it. It only requires most LEGISLATORS to care.

And legislators have zero requirement to explain to the public the real reason a policy proposal happens. The language used in a bill doesn’t have to be the reason it exists. This is how lobbying works.

I get that people have pet issues they want to protect, but Israel was a big enough reason to force Joe Biden out of office: https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/postelection-polling

JumpCrisscross a day ago

> Israel was a big enough reason to force Joe Biden out of office

Wow, people really believe Joe Biden wouldn’t have bombed his debate if he just changed his policy on Israel. (Or more seriously, that Kamala was kept out of the White House by this. What a myopic worldview.)

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vFunct a day ago

Yes, people believe that, because that’s what scientific polling states. Wow.
You may not agree with the 10% of the population that sides with Hamas, but that’s enough to cause an election to flip from Democrat to Republican or Independent, causing a 1.5% win for Trump.
The world doesn’t operate in majorities. Small groups do have power over you.

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- JumpCrisscross 43 minutes ago
  
  > that’s what scientific polling states
  What poll? Every reputable pollster said the opposite.
  > You may not agree with the 10% of the population that sides with Hamas, but that’s enough to cause an election to flip
  I don’t and it’s not because of where they are. State-level polls on the issue show it’s irrelevant. That’s why it was ignored. The fact that people were willing to throw the election on this single issue certainly changed my view on the matter, and I know two Republican Senators who took it as a license to be more aggressive against Palestine and Iran.
  
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