Voting Against Genocide - How Gaza Defeated the Democratic Establishment
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Arab and Muslim American voters did not remove Democrats from office, nor did they cost Kamala Harris the Oval Office. They merely sent a strong message that Palestine matters, not only to Arabs and Muslims but to many Americans as well. The ones who cost the Democrats the elections are the Democrats themselves. Their humiliating defeat on November 5 was due largely to their undeniable role in the Israeli war and genocide in Gaza.
  • randoot@lemmy.world
    237·
    5 days ago

    Therese fucking idiots fell for Eloina’s propaganda and handed the Gazans to the butcher.

    Now this author thinks they can mobilize to ask for cease fire? Good fucking luck you dumb ass.

    How ironic would it be if the fat Cheeto deports them all to Gaza for protesting.

    • signed, angry ex-muslim
    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
      64·
      5 days ago

      News media was just as complicit, with headlines making it seem like Biden was the holdup on any ceasefire, and not just Israel not actually showing up to the table.

      • shadowfax13@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        so he gifted them more bombs and promised more of it ?

        didn’t he held ukraine aid hostage until congress approved Israel package as well ?

  • superfes@lemmy.world
    2110·
    5 days ago

    This would almost make sense if they literally didn’t vote for more genocide, possibly with even bigger help.

              • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
                25·
                4 days ago

                Okay let me word this in a way you can’t misinterpret. Explain to me why not voting AT ALL was/is in any way preventing Trump from being elected, even if someone else did win. The logic would be such that if youre not voting you do not care who wins, and not caring who wins, would thereby mean you do not care if Trump wins.

                • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                  61·
                  4 days ago

                  Some people have different priorities.

                  Participating in the electoral process reinforces existing power structures. To instead challenge them, some advocate for direct action and grassroots organizing as more effective means of enacting social change. Some would rather build alternative systems and communities outside traditional political frameworks, because liberation comes from collective action rather than reliance on electoral representatives.

                  While I don’t like legitimizing electoralism, and I would rather the billions spent on it go towards real tangible needs, I don’t abstain, I do vote. So I can’t fully defend this position.

                  Plenty of people who didn’t vote probably honestly don’t care, but that doesn’t mean they actively want Trump. That’s just silly to suggest

                  Some people are just apathetic about it, and a lot of those people likely feel that way because there’s no mainstream candidate that actually seems to care about their needs.