cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20641619

[Excerpt on #Gaza: “If you really care about Gaza, vote to have a voice, so you can do something about it. And then, be ready to turn out into the streets, in the millions, and fight for it.”]

Mark Hertsgaard
Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT

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i would encourage people cracking jokes about the old lady to actually read the article. Turns out she’s pretty cool and has been politically active since her youth. Also proposes a coherent plan for young people who want to make a bigger difference than voting for a 3rd party will ever accomplish.

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Cool fact, she’s really good friends with Lilly Tomlin. That literal personaifaction of crazy liberal hippie from the 60/70s that is still that crazy liberal hippie today.

Mad respect for Jane Fonda and her activism and the people she surrounds herself with.

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I agree with all that, but less so that she’s capable of doing anything meaningful with the demographic she’s targeting.

She should be targeting younger boomers and older x’ers if she wants to find a group that might want to listen to her.

(I say this as an older x’er)

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We know who she is, she hasn’t been relevant in decades and even then only barely so.

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