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"But they are thinking long term"
Yes, I'm sure a second Trump presidency will be just great for democracy and Muslims in the long-term.
I agree, probably wouldn't be. Couple that with all of the other threats to our world that Trump poses and "we're not happy with Biden's Israel/Palenstine issue so we're pulling support" seems incredibly stupid to me.
But the poster implied they were supporting Trump, when they pretty clearly said they do not. Right there in the excerpt from the article. And it's still being upvoted. It's kind of embarrassing, actually, how little people had to read what is right in front of them to not be wrong on this point. . .and it's still a popular opinion getting upvotes.
In a two-party system, refusing support to one party is effectively supporting the other. It's not an insane thing to accuse people of, regardless of what they say.
If you check out the research work done by the political compass, you see it’s actually a one party system wearing a two party outfit.
Oh, lord.
Go check it out. They track democracies from all over the world. It is not partisan. They do not take pundits. They track policies and statements from the officials themselves. If you do not like actual sources, then I don’t know what to tell you. American candidates for the presidency have largely been on the authoritarian right for a decade. Candidates from both parties end up very close to each other on the chart.
Letting Democrats take advantage of your vote and not listen to you over and over again it’s not a good strategy either. They don’t actually stop any of the things they used to fearmonger people with. They just wait so that they can use them as a threat again in the next election cycle. That’s an abusive relationship.
"Yes, Jews recognize that it might not be the best next four years for us, but we just cannot support the Social Democratic Party of Germany for the 1933 election as our concerns are ignored by them and we are taken for granted. We're thinking about the long term strategy here."
Because the best strategy for leaving an abusive relationship is to start dating a serial killer.