Several major lawmakers, from Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez to President Joe Biden, made mention of the atrocities in Gaza during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday. But among the crowd and behind the scenes, efforts to cover up mention of the genocide were still underway.

During Biden’s speech, a Jewish delegation unfurled a large sign revealing the text “Stop Arming Israel.” The effort was quickly stopped by nearby attendees, who blocked the sign with “We [Heart] Joe” sticks while another attendee in a row above the protesters attempted to snatch the banner away.

Another attendee, two rows away from the protesters, used one of the pro-Biden signs to repeatedly hit a woman wearing a hijab on the head.

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I decided to do a test. This is the same news outlet as the article I posted yesterday, that one being critical of Trump. It was massively upvoted, lots of comments and conversation. Great!

Then there’s this one. Similar topic, but not even criticizing Biden or Harris, the first line made that clear. But it’s criticizing people at the DNC that were, as one major example, physically violent toward people holding a “Stop Arming Israel” sign. Horrible stuff, the guy should be arrested for assault.

And, what happens? No comments after half an hour and massively downvoted.

So, yeah, y’all fail the test. You’re blatant hypocrites and it’s sad.

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You waited whole 30 minutes in the middle of the night to present your conclusion? Such research, much wow :D

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It’s the same time period that I posted yesterday’s thread. It had 30+ upvotes and multiple comments within half an hour. I did expect this post to get less traction overall, but I wasn’t expecting a combined lack of comments and massive down-voting.

Of course, considering the state of this group at the moment, with a bunch of threads posted trying to criticize any form of protest at the DNC, I suppose it’s rather telling where posters here stand on any form of criticism of this sort, even if minor.

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Because the headline sounds like the DNC did something and your summary clarifies it was a couple assholes in the crowd.

Then the video shows the hits, and the top of those signs are flexible as hell. She doesn’t even turn around or seem like it registers.

I’m pro Gaza as fuck, but you said you wanted to know why this is being down voted.

It’s because even people that agree with you that stopping the genocide is important can see this is overblown.

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Can’t believe I’m agreeing with you, but yes, you’re completely correct. OP is a fucking idiot.

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CAuSe I dOnT sUpPoRtE gEnOcIdE! [spoken as if it’s strange to hate genocide]

Why do you genocide so much?

Genocide…

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So, signs being flexible means attempts to get rid of and cover them don’t matter? And hitting someone with a sign purposefully (two people really, since it also hits the woman next to her) is fine if you’re unable to get leverage to hit harder? They’re just playful taps, I suppose?

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it was a couple assholes in the crowd.

Pretty clear I’m not defending them …

But the headline makes it seem like a violent assault, and frankly I don’t think I ever want to see your comments anymore already

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Would you like some Trump cheese with that whine?

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I am honored that you’d break your 2 week fast of commenting on anything to comment here.

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The Lemmy wokie 2030 agenda echo chamber doing it’s things…

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You, by default, support genocide since trump supports it.

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