Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said in an interview with NBC News that he will encourage progressive voters to still back Democrats on the ticket in November even if moderates are victorious in the primaries.
This is such a frustrating take. If we’re unable to protest outside dem events then what’s the point of having actual opinions? We should be able to ask more of our politicians. We should be able to express our dissatisfaction with their policies.
Say “vote blue no matter who” all you want, but theoretically the reason it’s vote blue and not vote red is because blue represents our positions more than red does. If we’re not able to hold them to that ideal then we’re just picking our favorite color.
Also, acting like the people protesting are somehow in the wrong when most people aren’t lifting a finger to stop a literal genocide is certainly a take. Most people I know who care about Gaza still vote blue no matter who and acting otherwise serves to discredit a movement that is attempting to fight for the things we as dems/leftists theoretically stand for.
You seem Australian, so I’m just going to add that America has a long history of protest movements and denigrating modern day Gaza protests is a pretty good predictor of how you’d feel about Vietnam war protests or a lot of the civil rights protests. I don’t know how things work in Australia, but in the US, most of our rights, even the bill of rights, are the result of people willing to put themselves on the line for what they believed. Unless you’re pro genocide, I don’t see a point in taking issue with Gaza protesters.
That’s a straw man. I don’t have any issue with Gaza protesters.
I just don’t understand why you would use your protest to undermine democratic candidates.
Why not protest outside republican events? That would certainly be more impactful.
In the history of these American protest movements, which of them were successful by protesting outside events of government candidates trying to get elected ?
Of Trump and Kamala, which do you think the people of Gaza would have preferred as president?
The Gaza protests at the last election were an absolute farce. An absolute win for the Trump campaign. If they weren’t planned by the Trump campaign then they should have been.
This is such a frustrating take. If we’re unable to protest outside dem events then what’s the point of having actual opinions? We should be able to ask more of our politicians. We should be able to express our dissatisfaction with their policies.
Say “vote blue no matter who” all you want, but theoretically the reason it’s vote blue and not vote red is because blue represents our positions more than red does. If we’re not able to hold them to that ideal then we’re just picking our favorite color.
Also, acting like the people protesting are somehow in the wrong when most people aren’t lifting a finger to stop a literal genocide is certainly a take. Most people I know who care about Gaza still vote blue no matter who and acting otherwise serves to discredit a movement that is attempting to fight for the things we as dems/leftists theoretically stand for.
You seem Australian, so I’m just going to add that America has a long history of protest movements and denigrating modern day Gaza protests is a pretty good predictor of how you’d feel about Vietnam war protests or a lot of the civil rights protests. I don’t know how things work in Australia, but in the US, most of our rights, even the bill of rights, are the result of people willing to put themselves on the line for what they believed. Unless you’re pro genocide, I don’t see a point in taking issue with Gaza protesters.
That’s a straw man. I don’t have any issue with Gaza protesters.
I just don’t understand why you would use your protest to undermine democratic candidates.
Why not protest outside republican events? That would certainly be more impactful.
In the history of these American protest movements, which of them were successful by protesting outside events of government candidates trying to get elected ?
Of Trump and Kamala, which do you think the people of Gaza would have preferred as president?
The Gaza protests at the last election were an absolute farce. An absolute win for the Trump campaign. If they weren’t planned by the Trump campaign then they should have been.