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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]Eko
(8,172 posts)78. Not agreeing or disagreeing with them but
Protesting the republicans would be useless, not only do they not care they cant get anything done anyways. Except for tax cuts and taking away peoples rights.
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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