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In reply to the discussion: WTF are people protesting outside the DNC??? [View all]superpatriotman
(6,481 posts)4. Very poor optics and timing
Acting like wild beasts when you have the chance to protest peacefully will not help Palestinians or Israelis. It helps repukes. It makes Democrats look bad.
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The effect of your posts, for all practical purposes, is to have wave away the violence as someone else's doing.
Jedi Guy
Nov 2023
#111
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, which is entirely possible...
Jedi Guy
Nov 2023
#115
Sherman has been problematic with his constant equating of all protests against mass slaughter of civilians with being
Celerity
Nov 2023
#49
How, then, would you describe the chanting of " from the river to the sea?"
question everything
Nov 2023
#52
They sure are. They may not have started out that way, but this is what they have evolved into:
JohnSJ
Nov 2023
#103
the Daily Mail (we call it the Daily Heil in the UK) is a RW accelerationist, anti-left hype-hype shit rag
Celerity
Nov 2023
#42
O geez during Vietnam, we had people bombing universities in the name of peace
LeftInTX
Nov 2023
#76
I don't automatically think it's pro Hamas but this ceasefire would be one sided. Hamas would not abide.
GuppyGal
Nov 2023
#95
Chomsky was not the founder. Jewish Voice for Peace was founded by Julia Caplan, Julie Iny, and Rachel Eisner in 1996 in
Celerity
Nov 2023
#63
Wikipedia is in error, as I showed. It's source article is incorrect. I even posted a much older
Celerity
Nov 2023
#81
Because they like to be thorns in people's sides. Now they can try to get Democrats to support their "martyrdom"
LeftInTX
Nov 2023
#44
🚨NEW: A large group of violent anti-Israel protestors have stormed the headquarters of the DNC tonight, demanding "Ceas
riversedge
Nov 2023
#31
Probably believe Democrats can put pressure on President Biden to convince Israel to call a cease fire
MichMan
Nov 2023
#43
Congress and state legislatures need to codify in law what lawful protest is,...
Mark.b2
Nov 2023
#65