I've been getting at least three phone calls a day from them, begging me to vote for Texan democrats. My answer is always the same: "I will not vote for a party that is responsible for genocide against Palestine. I will not vote for a party that fully endorses Israeli crimes."

In previous years they would try arguing me if I said something like I don't vote for imperialists, or that democrats have horrible records on issues like homelessness or healthcare. They would talk with me and try to get at the crux of the issue, usually just resorting to telling me that Republicans are even worse, which is usually fair I guess, but at least they'd argue a little, you know?

This year it's nothing. I say that I'm with the people of Palestine and it's like I said the secret word. Immediately it's "Ok, thank you." and they hang up. What is up with this? Did they do some kind of internal polling to decide it's not even worth arguing about? If you're gonna call me at 10:14 am on a Saturday to be a lib at least let me dunk on you a little

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    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      18 days ago

      Yeah this has been my experience. The last call was this very chipper excitable lady that said like "Heya! Hope you're having a nice day. Sorry to bother you" type of thing. After I told her I won't vote for any party that facilitates genocide, it's like that switch got flipped. Instantly her voice got monotone and she became hesitant, then said "Thank you. Bye." without anything further.

      They must have something in their script to instantly cut off contact once the topic of Palestine comes up.

      Maybe it's because they have no answer, or maybe because they know they truly want to say Palestinians are simply the sacrifice necessary to prevent Trump from becoming president. Either way these people are ghouls.