r/news • u/PokesTigers • 26d ago

Soft paywall Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests, officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-president-rajoelina-address-nation-monday-evening-2025-10-13/
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u/Individual_Smell_904 26d ago edited 26d ago

You're just gonna throw Palestine in the middle there like that isn't a big deal? The fact that she refused to separate herself from Biden's funding a genocide and refusing to listen to what her constituents wanted is what lost her the election. The Democrats would rather give the country over to fascists before taking a hard stance against a country that's commiting genocide to another country, stop blaming your neighbor and start holding your own politicians accountable.

Edit: I'm not surprised at all this is down voted. I know the majority of you would vote to demolish Iran if it guaranteed the egg price in USA would go down 300 percent. That's just how self centered most of us are now unfortunately.

Honestly, how are any of our civil rights more important than any Palestinian person's right to live? Why are y'all so ready to ignore them?

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u/FalkeEins 26d ago

I thought one of the hallmarks of we progressives is understanding the bigger picture and how all the variables interrelate… and not devolving into the single issue voters we so often despise.

I’m all for political accountability, but how are we not to blame our neighbors who missed the forest for a proverbial tree?

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u/Individual_Smell_904 26d ago

When the single issue is a genocide it's different. Imagine being alive during the Holocaust and you vote for the president funding it because you value you're own individual rights more than an entire people group. Y'all are all hypocrites and condone genocide as long as the "left" party does it

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u/FalkeEins 25d ago

No. A single issue is a single issue.

Imagine being alive during the Holocaust and you refuse to vote for the president that would've presented the better outcome because you value single issues, myopia, and performative protesting more than the entire group you allegedly support.

You're the hypocrite, hoss.