Vice President Harris and the Democratic National Convention had the opportunity to secure the votes of hundreds of thousands (if not more) of votes from the Palestinian Freedom Movement had they simply opted to grant a speaking spot to any number of Palestinian-American speakers that the Uncommitted Movement submitted to the DNC.
The movement wasn’t asking for an hour or even half an hour. They asked for 2 minutes of time, out of 32 hours. That’s it. An opportunity to speak to the nation and put their message to a greater audience. They had a laundry list of others speak, including the family of a hostage in Gaza. So it’s not as if the Gaza situation wasn’t already being addressed. But instead of offering this simple space of 2 minutes, they opted to not and completely gave the middle finger to the millions of voters who believe in the cause of Palestinian freedom.
During Harris’s speech to the convention she made it abundently clear that the Democratic Party is going to pursue Militarism and continue the status quo with Israel, refusing to even consider stopping arms sales to Israel. While she may not be as aggressive in her calls for the elimination of the Palestinian people as Trump is wishing to be, by continuing the Arms sales she makes the United States complicit in the genocide being committed.
I am absolutely baffled by the moves being made at the DNC. I thought sincerely that perhaps good things were coming with the addition of Governor Walz to the ticket. An olive branch to us progressives who have been ignored and shit on by the DNC for over 10 years. Perhaps a return to true leftist principles. I guess that hope was naive, because we have been shown that nope. Things will be continuing as usual.
The party loyalists, the Blue Maga, are dogmatic cultists who are circling the camp and attacking anyone who dares question the intelligence in recent moves or calling out the Harris Campaign and the DNC for their complete and utter disregard for the Palestinian people. They openly mock the dead, minimize the suffering, and gaslight those trying to do something about it. “Well why dont you vote for Trump! You might as well be campaigning for him”.
It’s so frustrating. I am not the brightest bulb in the box, and this post may not be the most coherent. But I know right when I see it and wrong when I see it. And US policy concerning Israel, especially in the current Gaza Conflict, is dead wrong. And the blood of the innocent Gazans killed by US Bombs is most assuredly on our hands. But G-d forbid you call out the death cult war machine in this country. Democrats and Republicans alike will come for you. But that doesn’t mean we should roll over and turn a blind eye. We need to fight like hell until leadership does the right thing. Period.
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