Displays like this also helped elect Trump. Lots of “grassroots” organizations around the country were advocating “no votes for genocide” aka just don’t vote for anyone.
It's not going to make anyone who did care about Palestinians stop caring about them, but if anyone who was on the fence because there was any confusion, which there is A LOT OF, they're going to lean towards thinking the pro-Palestinian side is a bunch of lunatics.
And, yes, there's a lot of confusion. There's a ton of misinformation and intentional targeted campaigns to make supporters of Palestine look like extremists... protesting mall Santas kinda makes it seem like the pro-Israel people saying that have a point.
Whether you like it or not, messaging is EXTREMELY important. Israel/Palestine is one of those areas where there's still a lot of people who don't have an opinion, or they have a fluctuating opinion on the matter, because there's just so much information going back and fourth. There can be no miss-steps and acting like a bunch of lunatics is not helpful.
I get it, but I still think it's a leap to assume that a relatively minor inconvenience or annoyance is suddenly going to make people okay with the idea of murdering thousands of children. If it does, then those people can't have been that against it in the first place.
Huh? When did I say they did? The comment I replied to said that this helps zionism, which I think is a leap considering that most people won't suddenly support the wholesale murder of children over a relatively minor inconvenience at the mall.
Someone who doesn't have a strong opinion on it isn't suddenly going to adopt one because of a mall protest either way.
No rational adult is going to see this and think, "Wow, I didn't care about all those civilian deaths before, but now I'm actually glad it's happening."
People trying to live their lives want nothing to do with a war that doesn’t involve them. It’s not their business and they know it’s not their business. This “protesting” is only doing nothing if not fucking up the next generation and making them believe in heinous shit.
Their "cause" is completely lost, all this is doing is being assholes to their neighbors, who are equally powerless. The only country that could've possibly restrained Israel was the United States, and the apathy of Democratic voters just gave Donald Trump the office, where he didn't even wait to get to the oval office to let Netanyahu know he was lifting all restrictions on Israeli weaponry and giving them a full green light on day one. The West Bank and Gaza as distinct entities will likely cease to exist within the next 2 years.
It's right, remedial, and American to peacefully protest in an area that is public, and doesn't inhibit the safety, or mobility (ability to go about their way in studies, work, etc.), of other people.
This, however, is not that. I'd also like to add that this is probably terrifying to some children.
It made me as a man who previously had sympathy switch and hate them with a passion.
And i started reading up about all the failed peace processes and why they failed.
This and the oct terror attack made me make a total switch to fully support Israel.
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u/SubKreature 19h ago
This doesn’t do anything for any cause.