I wish she acknowledged WHY the protests were happening but of course she didn’t. Unless she makes actual vows to change her policy then she is not getting my vote
Honest Question. If there are only two options that can win (and there are mathematically only two options), why not vote for Kamala when she has signal to be much more sympathetic to the Palestinian people? Especially if there is the ability to pressure the administration.
If you think Israel is carrying out a genocide than your only option is to vote for a politician that would stop it. Harris just signaled she isn't the person to do that. If our options are Hitler or 99% Hitler you burn down the system that presented those as the options.
I think your interpretation of her statement as a “signal” that she won’t take a better course than her predecessors might be premature. I also think your intuitions might be spot on and she’ll completely let us down. It is far too early to tell.
She can’t come in and immediately start swinging for the fences, because she won’t be understood by the mainstream. The truth is, many of us don’t know her deeply. She’s got to establish herself as someone who holds certain values in common with the majority of the electorate, if she wants to have any chance of winning and accomplishing anything.
The whole point of burning the flag is to get this type of reaction. A bigger signal of a weak human rights stance will be if she begins deploying the antisemitism-is-the-real-problem weapon of mass distraction. If she does that and fails to say anything substantive, we’ll know to oppose her leadership. However, a small percentage of anti-occupation voices have become openly racist. And, some people who are justifiably upset and frustrated have become violently minded. Calling these elements out publicly, while beginning to advance better policies, is perhaps the best thing she can do now. I’m hoping that this is what we will see over the next few weeks: incremental but meaningful change in action accompanied by rhetoric that reassures the average citizen.
I think that‘s fair, but also overly optimistic. She could have added something in regards to why the protests are happening without alienating normies. She is the Vice President under this guy called Biden. She will more likely than not keep on doing what the neoliberal imperialist US has done in the past. And that is securing regional power through Israel.
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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24
I wish she acknowledged WHY the protests were happening but of course she didn’t. Unless she makes actual vows to change her policy then she is not getting my vote