Coca-Cola ad in Bangladeshi aimed at distancing itself from Israel receives backlash

[xdecadentx]

In Bangladesh, a Coca-Cola ad aimed at distancing the company from perceived ties with Israel has gained widespread criticism amid Israel's ongoing war on Gazahttps://t.co/i93JjWbSWP
- Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) June 14, 2024
- The Coca-Cola ad shows a man being offered Coke on a hot day, the man refuses after saying it's associated with 'that

Comments

[peddlestools]

i can't stomach the idea of voting for genocide joe, but everyone keeps telling me i'm throwing my vote away

i'm going to vote in local elections

am i making the wrong decision if i don't vote for him? like, in the unlikely event that my single vote would change florida from red to blue, will i be able to live with myself if a trump administration winds up giving even more money and bombs to israel? i don't know

[recognitions]

Honestly at this point I feel like the decision of who to vote for can wait until November. The job of the moment is to stop the genocide and then we can revisit the election in 5 months and look at where we're at then

[skankyoulater]

They did manage to turn Arizona blue.

[altheablue]

I'm not in your position and I understand it's hard. Life sucks. I think it's between you and what you can stomach, and you don't owe anyone else to guilt trip you into voting whichever direction. "Just because the other guy would probably also enable genocide, it doesn't mean I owe my vote to the man who has definitely already enabled genocide" is a perfectly valid stance. So it's saying "Since they're both equally horrid on foreign policy issues, I will minimise the damage to my local community personally and vote in that direction

[xhurlyburly]

mte I don't think there is a definitive right/wrong answer and it more depends on how you feel comfortable doing with your vote

[angebleu]

I never forgive Trump opening a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.

[progression]

Every time someone tells me I need to vote for Genocide Joe I tell them my single vote will not flip Florida. It just won’t.

But, then the irrational/anxious part of my brain kicks in and I start thinking “what if it DOES come to that?” It seriously sucks and I’m sorry you’re feeling the same way.

[archersangel]

....I tell them my single vote will not flip Florida. It just won’t.

If enough people think like that, it will make a difference.

[para1]

Gore lost Florida and the presidency to Bush by ultimately 537 votes.

I think you know the answer to the question if your vote in Florida matters.

[tube_fiend]

Florida decided the election by a handful of votes just 24 years ago.

The Republicans declaration that Florida is now a solid red state serves to do exactly what you are experiencing - it depresses the blue vote. You are not alone in thinking your vote doesn't matter. Others just like you think the same thing. That it won't matter when they don't cast a national vote. So after this election, the results will show Florida even more red. And the next election, even more people will be sure that Florida is red, their vote doesn't matter, what's the point of voting at all.

[maishi_obuki]

The only thing I can say about the electoin is TWO Supreme Court seats.

If the republican party wins the presidency then justice Alito and/or Thomas have a high probability of strategicly retiring and Republicans will swear in one or two new Alt-right judges for LIFE