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PeaceWave

(3,392 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 12:57 AM Feb 2025

After tanking a U.S. election, what more damage could pro-Gaza/Hamas people possibly want to commit? [View all]

Last edited Fri Feb 21, 2025, 03:38 AM - Edit history (1)

Seriously, they got what they wanted. In a country that permitted them free speech, for months they irresponsibly devoted their breath to screaming derogatory names for Joe and Kamala, labeling them "Genocide Joe" and "Killer Kamala." Their "Uncommitted" movement led to just that - lots of Democrats and Independents not bothering to vote.

If their point was to shoot themselves in the foot, drag down American voters who had once been their allies and condemn the residents of Gaza to displaced refugee status, then they "succeeded" in spades - Since handing a U.S. election over to Trump is directly and causally related to the permanent end of Gaza as any possible part of a future Palestinian independent state.

That's right. THEY did that. Not Joe. Not Kamala. Not loyal Democratic voters. Not Netanyahu. Not the 1,200+ Israelis their "Freedom Fighters" killed on 10/7/23 or the 251 Israelis their "heroes" kidnapped on that same now infamous date. That was all on THEM. So, what is this these people are doing now - A "victory" lap?

Or, is this simply a complete lack of self-awareness, cognitive dissonance on display, a creeping sense of guilt at odds with a narcissistic belief that they can do no wrong? At the end of the day, I might feel empathy for them - if not for the fact that their misguided deeds have been so hypocritical and so hurtful to those they claim to care for.

Has it occurred to these people that maybe, just maybe, the Palestinian people (as opposed to the terrorists of Hamas and those who support that terrorist entity) NEVER wanted their "help" - since all their "help" brought was even more harm? Maybe they share more in common with Donald Trump than they realize - the need to "take care of" other people - "whether those people like it or not."

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Pick something on the MAGA agenda and they probably want it. They have been closet Trump supporters all along. LonePirate Feb 2025 #1
So many idiots in that bunch. Bet some of them were among the batch of deportees sent to Guantanamo and Guatemala. brush Feb 2025 #51
TRump is setting his eyes on them Historic NY Feb 2025 #2
Only if they get in trouble protesting. (Expellable type offenses) LeftInTX Feb 2025 #7
Great post. sheshe2 Feb 2025 #3
Not a fan at all of the Arab anti-Biden/Harris protest voters... brush Feb 2025 #4
You did vote for Kamala, didn't you? Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #5
Of course I voted for Harris. As for protest voters being for Hamas' actions... brush Feb 2025 #8
And they did not. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #9
And you have insight into their minds? brush Feb 2025 #10
No, Brush, I have acces to the facts. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #11
Pls post your facts as to how their minds work. brush Feb 2025 #12
Now you are just being silly. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #14
Heehee. You're the one who said you had the facts. brush Feb 2025 #16
I did. I also said that the facts have nothing to do with how their minds work. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #17
BB, I enjoy the occasional interplays we have with each other. In fact... brush Feb 2025 #20
Pretty sure Hamas did that trying to sub a random body for Shiri Bibas Arazi Feb 2025 #33
No words. Who knows what to believe. brush Feb 2025 #39
Maybe believe the forensic scientists? Arazi Feb 2025 #42
Hamas wants it off. Netanyahu wants it off. I believe you, it's off. brush Feb 2025 #43
Probably Arazi Feb 2025 #45
Don't need insight into their minds, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2025 #22
I can't disagree that they voted against Harris, stupidly, and are partly responsible for... brush Feb 2025 #24
Fair enough, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2025 #25
And some of them may be in batch of deportees sent to Guantanamo and Guatemala. brush Feb 2025 #50
Lots of former Sanders voters that I know have told me they didn't vote for Hillary and they didn't vote for Kamala. Jit423 Feb 2025 #31
Spoiled narrow-minded fools? Just a guess. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #35
What does that make them? Naifs and fools, that's what Vogon_Glory Feb 2025 #55
I'm not sure I agree newdeal2 Feb 2025 #18
"...from at least some..." That's the operative phrase. IMO most are/were pro-Gazan... brush Feb 2025 #23
I am with you. I too am pro Gazan and anti-Hamas, anti-Netanyahu, but also anti-Trump, anti-Elon and anti-Putin. Jit423 Feb 2025 #30
Well stated. We are on the same page. brush Feb 2025 #34
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2025 #6
Bye orangecrush Feb 2025 #13
Succint and to the point. AloeVera Feb 2025 #60
They never gave a crap about Gaza 617Blue Feb 2025 #15
It was a mix of people Johnny2X2X Feb 2025 #21
Including claudette Feb 2025 #28
Sure Johnny2X2X Feb 2025 #29
I know but claudette Feb 2025 #32
Sure, there were other groups Johnny2X2X Feb 2025 #36
Some of those who were bamboozled are only now realizing what they did. PeaceWave Feb 2025 #49
There was no doubt some astro turf mixed in uponit7771 Feb 2025 #61
All-pervasive right-wing hate media. Aristus Feb 2025 #19
Blame the victims malaise Feb 2025 #26
They voted for Trump. Trump won. I am the victim of their vote. They are the perpetrators. I am not blaming myself. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #37
Their NON votes also contributed to Trump winning. PeaceWave Feb 2025 #47
Sorry, but the people who chose to vote for Donald John Vogon_Glory Feb 2025 #52
Easy to do when you don't think of them as victims and never did. AloeVera Feb 2025 #56
It is rather unusual to think of perpetrators as victims. Most people can't get themselves to engage in such folly. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #57
FYI claudette Feb 2025 #27
I wouldn't include Trump voters in the ranks of innocent Palestinians. They knew what Trump stands for, and it wasn't Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #38
Netanyahu enid602 Feb 2025 #40
I believe the pro Gaza and Hamas people want PeterIsMyBrother Feb 2025 #41
? Lulu KC Feb 2025 #44
You included a picture of WOL protestors in your rant. maxsolomon Feb 2025 #46
There is a reason you had to put a "/" in between Gaza/Hamas in the title. Eko Feb 2025 #48
Think of it as an "and-or" divider. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #54
They did the job they were paid to do. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #53
Maybe the problem was the policy and not the voters? AloeVera Feb 2025 #58
Policies don't vote. Voters do. Beastly Boy Feb 2025 #59
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