• OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Wait, genocide charges in a civil court? What are they even trying to accomplish? I’m certainly not a lawyer, but that doesn’t sound like it makes much sense.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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        9 months ago

        As far as I know there’s no way for members of the public to criminally charge the president under US system. What this accomplishes is drawing attention to the fact that Biden is complicit in a genocide.

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          9 months ago

          If you disagree with my assessment, then perhaps you could provide an example of a US official being held accountable for the atrocities US commits.

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            9 months ago

            But we’re discussing your disagreement with my assessment that “charge” is willfully dishonest.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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              9 months ago

              There’s no disagreement, it’s obvious that your assessment is sophistry meant to distract from the actual point being made. Nobody is falling for it.

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                9 months ago

                What’s obvious is that my assessment is probably correct. The lawsuit will fail because the “actual point being made” is not a legal point but a political one. And certainly not a criminal point.

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                  9 months ago

                  ICJ just ruled that there is a probable case for genocide in Gaza, and there is clear evidence that US has been aiding and abetting this genocide since the start. US has vetoed multiple ceasefire resolution at the UN, and has provided Israel with the material aid to carry out the genocide. The only reason nobody in US will be held accountable for these atrocities is because US regime sees itself as being above international law. This is why a civil case is because there is no path to any actual justice.

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                    9 months ago

                    But “charged”? Come on. That’s clearly trying to obfuscate that it’s a private lawsuit.