Collision Resistance@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoGaza Is Set To Torpedo Joe Biden's Claim To A Human Rights Legacywww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down157cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareNoIWontPickaName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·9 months agoWell we could at least stop helping them
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·9 months agoA non-starter in US politics. Support for Israel is too widespread amongst voters still. Even Bernie, who is at the left fringe of US politics, has only suggested attaching strings to the new multi-billion aid package.
minus-squareNoIWontPickaName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoWomen voting was a non starter. So was civil rights for black people. Everything is a non starter if you don’t try
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months ago Everything is a non starter if you don’t try Centrists be like “Yeah! Isn’t it great?”
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoMy point isn’t “We shouldn’t try anything”, my point is “Expecting results or making ultimatums at this juncture is divorced from reality.” We need to work on swaying public opinion before threats to strategically vote against pro-Israel candidates and the like becomes even vaguely viable.
Well we could at least stop helping them
A non-starter in US politics. Support for Israel is too widespread amongst voters still. Even Bernie, who is at the left fringe of US politics, has only suggested attaching strings to the new multi-billion aid package.
Women voting was a non starter.
So was civil rights for black people.
Everything is a non starter if you don’t try
Centrists be like “Yeah! Isn’t it great?”
My point isn’t “We shouldn’t try anything”, my point is “Expecting results or making ultimatums at this juncture is divorced from reality.”
We need to work on swaying public opinion before threats to strategically vote against pro-Israel candidates and the like becomes even vaguely viable.