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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
If the protesters actually had concern for Palestinians they should be able to read the room and help ensure the candidate who wants to assist Israel in genocide isn't elected. If Kalama wins, then after the election go nuts, protest the inauguration. But whenever they yell and scream at one of her campaign events it only helps Trump
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I disagree. If they actually had concern for Palestinians, they would probably make their vote contingent on a party doing what they believe is right, which is at least how they’re positioning it.
There are a lot of comments questioning how much they care, dismissing them as people, deriding their maturity or intelligence, but not a lot of people actually putting themselves in their shoes and attempting to view it through their lens.
I don’t think it’s as binary as any criticism helps Trump. For one, it takes away Harris’ agency. We’re basically admitting she’s useless and unable to increase her vote share without people simply checking the blue box because blue good and red bad. I think both Harris and Walz are more intelligent and able than that.
So if we concede that they are, in fact, in control of this thing, they’re in control of how these protests and how these people impact their election chances. If that means they have to offer an olive branch and actually address them, then that’s what they should do. Maybe it means they don’t have to do anything but ignore them. But regardless, Harris and Walz determine their chances of being elected far, far more than any protestors.
And, if Trump and Republicans are actively worse for Palestinians and more “Pro-Israel” than the alternative, isn’t a protest against the Dems for being too Pro-Israel/bad for Palestinians going to endear them to Republicans? Why would those voters see the protests and think “Wow, people don’t like how Pro-Israel the Dems are? We better not vote for them!”
It doesn’t make a ton of sense.