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Israel publicly announces genocidal intent (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Further protests and continued outcry, better to chance to have had a change in the stance under a democratic administration. Could you tell me under the current administration one if there is a good chance of being arrested or deported by simply protesting and voicing support for the Palestinians?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Didn’t student protesters get arrested and shot at with rubber bullets under Biden?

May 2024 Columbia University faculty ‘horrified’ by mass arrests of student protesters

May 2024 Police appear to fire rubber bullets at UCLA protesters

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah a few but you are missing the deportation part which is the stark difference between the two administrations.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If the Democratic Party was willing to ignore the demands and protests of their own voter base, at the cost of their votes, during the most critical election against overt Fascism, why would they be willing to listen after? They had the opportunity to listen to the protests and demands of their constituents and act accordingly, an opportunity that would have vastly improved their chances of winning the election, but chose not too.

Thousands of pro-palestinian protestors were arrested under Biden. Let's not pretend Trump is of course worse in both of these aspects, but we don't have to ignore how Biden set the stage. The bills to legally brand pro-palestinian protestors as anti-semitic and pull tax exempt status for organizations like JVP for being "pro-terrorism" without evidence were also started under and supported by Biden. The Democratic Campaign was by no means a genuine opposition. I still voted for them for the same reasons I'm sure you did, but still.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly, I am not saying the democratic party was great at it. My point is the protests were still allowed to happen though as in my mind arrests essentially still allowed protests to occur, deportations though are a different matter. You ask any proper activist about how many times they have been arrested for protesting, they typically wear it like a badge of honour. Deportation though is another matter. So I still stand firm that there would have been a greater chance for a better outcome under a Democratic administration.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Right, I don't disagree, my point is that the Democratic Party intentionally threw away that chance

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah for sure, I won’t deny that. My interest though in my initial comment was more intrigued about the voters themselves and their understanding on why they with held their vote. Not alot of self reflection being done tbh.