• aaron@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Please, please litigate this issue AFTER she wins. Everyone is far worse off for all sorts of other reasons if she doesn’t.

  • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    “You know what? If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking,” Harris said

    Maybe if you don’t want Donald Trump to win you should show some backbone and stand up to your fascist Israeli masters.

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      1 month ago

      Yes! Absolutely this! The best way to win is to alienate the largest group of people possible and turn them towards your opponent. This is such a masterful political strategy. It’s a wonder more people with this view don’t hold office./s

      It would be wonderful to see pro-democracy and pro peace groups holding as much resources and influence as groups like aipac does. Being able to offer candidates that sort of security. The sad truth is we can’t. And that we have to work within and compromise with groups we very often despise in order to get anything positive done. The honest truth is that we represent nothing more than a slightly more secure margin of winning. But only when added on to all the rest not by ourselves.

  • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 month ago

    Like protestors throwing paint on priceless works of art to get attention to their cause, I think this kind of protest is short-sighted and counterproductive.

    Interrupting destructive speech to protest is always welcome and positive. Trump for example is 99% of the time destructive, fascist speech. Interrupt away. But interrupting productive speech to protest is itself destructive even if you draw attention to your issue. It not only subjugates other peoples’ valid choices to hear and be heard about productive things, taking away momentum and agency, but also is an egotistical act that harms other positive outcomes.

    To me, it makes pro-Palestine protestors less sympathetic. I support action that will actually lead to specific outcomes eliminating Israeli oppression and genocide, but this ain’t it.

  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    She handled this in the worst way. I’m not going to get mad at protesters who want to see an end to genocide. Even Biden had a more humbling response.

  • anticolonialist@lemmy.cafe
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    1 month ago

    Imagine if Trump had done that, Liberals would be in an uproar about how authoritarian he is and needs to get beat. Shes as condescending as Hillary and maybe she will suffer the same fate,

    • FanciestPants@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I don’t think you need to imagine too hard since he instructed his fans to “knock the crap out of them” in response to any protestors at one of his rallies.