Anytime you can take the focus off your opponent being convicted of 34 felonies and put it back on the highly charged issue that divides your coalition, well you can’t pass an opportunity like that up.
It’s strange to grow up and you’re taught that genocide is the crime of crimes, the worst thing a govt can do, then to read the founder of Human Rights Watch call Gaza a genocide, then open up DC media and see opposing it talked about like a trivial, far left, boutique issue
Important report on Zionist terrorists and their *literal Nazi* allies committing attempted murder of UCLA students, for over three hours, with complete impunity as campus police and LAPD stood by and watched:
The only thing scarier than fascism is liberal complicity with it, which both validates fascism and forecloses any possibility of popular front politics thereby isolating the left and declaring open season on the right’s chosen scapegoats and victims.
or as @gabrielwinant says
The thing that so many people are resistant to deal with is that the protests aren’t just about Gaza anymore but also state violence and what confrontations over power will look like as our crisis worsens.
And how that and Gaza and all our other major issues are tied together.
“Hey guys, reminder that while you may see videos of dead children on TikTok you also need to watch credentialed news sources like Morning Joe™ to understand why their deaths were necessary for me to feel good!!!”
It’s actually our imperative duty to never forget and never let these racist, genocide apologist celebs off the hook for what they said months ago. They’re only changing their tune now because of how badly they’re getting cooked.
Any stupid, manufactured generational conflict I feel toward Gen Z has been entirely obliterated by the bravery of these student protestors. As terrible as the present now, the conviction and honour these kids are displaying makes me hopeful for the future.