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In reply to the discussion: WTF are people protesting outside the DNC??? [View all]Celerity
(46,154 posts)49. Sherman has been problematic with his constant equating of all protests against mass slaughter of civilians with being
pro Hamas.
I have watched him attempt similar sophistry for over a month now.
I saw him on MSNBC (I think, it might have been CNN) saying that a call for a ceasefire is code for being pro Hamas.
I wonder if he knows he is calling 80% of Democrats pro Hamas?
A Data for Progress poll from 4 weeks ago found that 66 percent of Americans support a cease-fire, as do 80 percent of Democrats.
I would wager that with the ratio of dead civilians headed towards 10 to 1 more Palestinians dead than Israelis that 80% number for Dems may be even higher now.
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2023/10/19/voters-agree-the-us-should-call-for-a-ceasefire-and-de-escalation-of-violence-in-gaza
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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