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In reply to the discussion: There are protesters outside where Clinton, Obama, and Biden are meeting, on the Israel-Gaza situation. Will these same [View all]JustAnotherGen
(33,042 posts)65. I wonder who is funding their little folly?
Seriously. And did they get the money up front?
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There are protesters outside where Clinton, Obama, and Biden are meeting, on the Israel-Gaza situation. Will these same [View all]
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
OP
Then you might be violating the TOS, which says "Support Democratic Nominees" I.E. BIDEN
Coventina
Mar 2024
#8
I went to the one in Denver with my granddaughter. I support a ceasefire and an end to the slaughter of civilians.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#11
Do you realize that there was a ceasefire on October 7? That many Gazans worked in Israel?
question everything
Mar 2024
#52
With the help of Netanyahu. Hamas and Netanyahu will never allow a 2 state solution.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#91
That is true. But see my question below. (Do you demand the release of hostages, NOW?) nt
RandomNumbers
Mar 2024
#134
When I went to the one in Denver there were young people, probably their early 20's. Point is probably
Autumn
Mar 2024
#111
Then why aren't they protesting the taking of hostages and the rape and murders committed by Hamas?
RandomNumbers
Mar 2024
#135
Apparently the "problem" some are protesting is what 1930's fascists called "The Jewish Problem".
lapucelle
Mar 2024
#116
Why would they? Biden is the president. They are protesting to attempt to influence him to stop supporting Israel.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#5
It isn't just up to the president. How about the republican majority in the House? How about the very real potential
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
#10
Not long. That why I use my First Amendment while I can. Never know when a fascist will get elected.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#14
If the Palestinians are committing a a "real genocide" it sure is backfiring on them. The death toll is very lopsided.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#79
No, it isn't just Biden, Congress is involved also. As for RFK jr, he is a spoiler candidate, and according to polls is
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
#15
You don't seem to understand protesting or the constitutional right to do so. Or you ignore it.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#16
My point isn't against the protest, but an observation of their selective protests. They seem to be very selective
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
#17
As one who has protested a lot in my younger days you don't protest the people who don't give a fuck.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#21
Said no one ever. The OP I responded to were protesters protesting the President. He is in power.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#72
Said John SJ, in a post to you. He pointed out how protestors seem quite selective, targeting businesses at times
shrike3
Mar 2024
#73
I'm sure if their families were being bombed and starved they could protest Muslim students
Autumn
Mar 2024
#74
There was no need for Israelis to protest. They had plenty of bombs ,rockets and other weapons and we sent them more.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#90
Israel had the sympathy of the world. But Netanyahu has gone too far. Killing innocent people to get Hamas,
Autumn
Mar 2024
#96
So you couldn't care less if students who had nothing to do with Netanyahu's bombing Gaza
shrike3
Mar 2024
#99
Are you saying that people here in this country that have friends and family in Gaza and are protesting had anything
Autumn
Mar 2024
#103
Biden is in power here, and he does wield some influence. Actually quite a lot.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#113
Footage of screaming obscenities and violence is scary. It IS delusional, like mob behavior.
betsuni
Mar 2024
#51
I wonder if Civil Rights marchers thought it was a blast when they got hoses or dogs set on them.
shrike3
Mar 2024
#24
Yeah I did and it was. It ended the Vietnam war. No matter how you look at it. That was a big fucking deal..
Autumn
Mar 2024
#71
And you had a blast. Unlike Civil Rights marchers who put their bodies on the line and risked their lives in
shrike3
Mar 2024
#102
58,220 soldiers died in Vietnam. There were martyrs in the civil rights movement. Neither takes away from the other.
Autumn
Mar 2024
#109
Yes, Republicans control the House. For a moment I wondered if Congress had disappeared.
betsuni
Mar 2024
#50
They have their own presidential candidate. Claudia de la Cruz They're electioneering at Biden's event.
LeftInTX
Mar 2024
#62
According to a Duer who was there, they were in the auditorium protesting while the event went on.
shrike3
Mar 2024
#69
Putin-loving, Uyghur-genocide-denying, maoist, billionaire tech bro Neville Roy Singham & his wife Jodie Evans.
lapucelle
Mar 2024
#124
Jodie Evans's Code Pink is behind the protests at Speaker Emerita Pelosi's home,
lapucelle
Mar 2024
#126
A group out of Michigan have made it plain their goal is to deny Biden a second term.
shrike3
Mar 2024
#31
As Joy Reid & Michael Steele noted, Trump & enablers wanted to shoot protestors. ...
Hekate
Mar 2024
#37
Such protestors are blissfully confident nothing will happen to them during a Trump term.
shrike3
Mar 2024
#39
Especially the ones who are Muslim and Muslim-affiliated: no way would Trump bar them from entry...
Hekate
Mar 2024
#48
These people are more angry at Democrats than Republicans that instituted a muslim travel ban
AZLD4Candidate
Mar 2024
#40
The protesters are paid crisis actors and/or useful idiots for Hamas and are indirectly aiding Trump.
BannonsLiver
Mar 2024
#70
Obviously they don't think Biden cares or they would vote for him. Logically it follows their protest only
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
#108
MSNBC was interviewing some of the protesters, and they made a point they absolutely would not vote for Biden
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
#119
I *am* a Democrat, and knowing that there's an extremely important election comin up
Mossfern
Mar 2024
#122
You realize that when we fight for democracy, we're fighting for their rights too?
Bucky
Mar 2024
#127
What makes anyone think that the anti-Biden, anti-Jew protestors are "fighting for democracy"?
lapucelle
Mar 2024
#132
The cowardly, lazy, and ignorant only protest people they know won't fight with them.
gulliver
Mar 2024
#131