Eman Abdelhadi’s speech from the “Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws” demonstration on Aug. 18 in Chicago.
Trumptard propaganda BS. Stop trying to help the fascists win. The Trump Cult are the fascists, FYI. They are far worse in every way, in regard to these issues that you pretend to care about.
Did you actually read the speech? Because it makes a good point. They’re trying to tell her how to beat Trump. Supporting Israel isn’t actually necessary to beat Trump if poll after poll is actually saying a majority of Democrats disapprove of the way they’re running the war. It hurts more than anything when you support unpopular policies.
I agree with the sentiment, and I support an end to the genocide in Israel.
But that’s not how politics works. A majority of Democrats might disapprove of wearing blue hats, the important question is whether it will swing their vote. The key concept is “single-issue voters.” For most Democrats, supporting a genocide isn’t a deal-breaker. They might oppose it in polls, but they will still vote for Harris even if she doesn’t criticize Israel. Meanwhile, there are a significant number of single-issue voters who support Israel, and will absolutely not vote for Harris if she criticizes Israel.
And they know Trump is an anti-semite.
But they will vote for Trump because he has the support of Netanyahu. Taking a stand on Israel will give Trump a target, a talking point he will ride into the ground.
The Democrats are trying to thread the needle, and doing a poor job of it. They have run the numbers, and decided that Biden can keep calling for peace while remaining a staunch ally, and Harris and Walz can be out listening to progressives on the issue, and neither side will be so pissed off that they turn up to vote against Democrats.
It would be a fascinating political experiment, if not for all the children dying because of it.
The name of the game this November is turnout. There are undoubtedly more people who support Harris than Trump, but will they vote? Touching the Israel issue is guaranteed to turn off a large block of voters, no matter which side you support. There’s no winning this issue politically.
Either Harris or Trump will be president in 2025, choose which one more closely aligns to your values and policy goals. If you care about Gaza and Palestinians, I don’t know how that choice isn’t Harris.
Weird how they seemed way less scared to touch one side of the issue than the other. They should be more scared to touch the other side. The protests should be louder, more numerous, and more in their face.
or choose neither and take a goddamn stand for once and show these puppets of the elites it is all or nothing
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both parties are supporting genocide which is an act carried out by fascists
who is helping who win?
I’m not really sure how to answer that nonsense, except that it’s just fucking dumb to protest against the only party supporting democracy when our nation is in this situation.
Simple and to the point, the USA matters to me more than Gaza, Israel, and the entire Middle East. We need to preserve the democracy in the USA before we can do any good elsewhere.
