The condescension from @AOC - “people are going to be mad on the internet…but we need to be adults about the situation” — is astounding. You want Palestinians to be “adults” about their genocide? You want Muslims & Arabs to be “adults”?
They get on this sanctimonious horse about how Trump is worse as though people horrified by the genocide this President is overseeing have illusions about Trump. A vote for Biden is a vote in support of a genocidal president who is leading with the interests of another country.
Instead of demanding that the Democrats replace Biden - who has proven to be a massive global threat, a threat to the well being of tens of millions here in the US - hey, instead, have opted for the ‘genocide is the lesser evil’ strategy. What do these ppl think Fascism is?
Incredible cowardice, but unsurprising from a woman who condescendingly told people to ‘be adults about the situation’ — the genocide she refuses to acknowledge — and vote for Biden. @AOC
May the Almighty envelope her - like every other child lost to the cruelty of man - in His infinite mercy. May she be reunited with her parents & may justice condemn the tyrants and prevail across Palestine. Ameen.
Anti-Palestinian racism is a core part of so much coverage of Gaza, but typically it takes the subtle form of contrast btwn humanizing coverage of Israelis vs dehumanizing coverage of Palestinians.
Sometimes this racist contempt is displayed more bluntly, as @JuliaHB1 does here:
i don’t use “coward” lightly, but there has to be an even stronger word for “racial justice advocates” who are not only accepting Kamala and Joe’s holiday party invitations, but also have the nerve to post them on instagram? Are we reading the same news? Is it really worth it?
Israel has no military plan, it has an ethnic cleansing plan for northern Gaza. It has destroyed 45% of civilian infrastructure & forcibly removed 2/3 of the pop to the South. Its war against hospitals, its strikes of UN schools are part of this calculus. Disarm Israel now. #Gaza
The northern province of #Gaza was a scene of heinous massacres last night committed by US-manufactured Israeli fighter jets against defenseless, displaced civilian families sheltered in a UN school.
This was the scene in the morning as the tragedy of the last night unfolded.
I am profoundly disappointed that Van Jones is speaking at the March for Israel in DC. In addition to the noble goals of fighting antisemitism and honoring innocent lives lost on 10/7, the march is also organized to affirm U.S. solidarity with an Israeli government that has not only been identified as an apartheid state by numerous human rights groups around the world, but is actively committing multiple war crimes in a genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza. He could be calling for a ceasefire. He could be decrying the use of indiscriminate and disproportionate force. He could be demanding that Democrats, liberal, progressives, and other other members of the so-called Left speak up. Instead, he's speaking at a rally in solidarity with an apartheid state. This is not what I would expect from someone who self-identifies as a fighter for human rights, democracy, or social justice. Shame.
@POTUS Complicity in genocide can't be erased by pivoting to supposedly appear concerned for Palestinian lives after handing Netanyahu all the bombs he needs and US Veto Protection at the UN. Shame!
If you’re non-Palestinian, hang the Palestinian flag from your window. Get an anti-Zionist bumper sticker. Put 🇵🇸 in your bio. Join a Palestinian organization. Gift someone a book on Palestine. Visible solidarity, albeit often symbolic, is needed in a climate so hostile to us.