Peter Link @ pete_link @lemmy.ml

retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, supporter of Palestine, Cuban Rev

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Foolish votes maybe, but not fools, if they are showing solidarity with their neighbor and coworker who happens to be undocumented. This is progress, and they will be further awakened when Trump attacks Medicaid and Medicare.

Yes, it always was, but the fact that staunch Zionists acknowledge it now is another step forward in public opinion, and will make it politically more difficult to attack the Palestinian solidarity movement.

I think that you're missing the point here. People who had some vision of ICE taking out violent criminals now see something different and they they are taking a stand against it. And it's not happening to them, but to a single Chinese worker who they all love. That's solidarity, even if they may not call it such. Something similar happened in NY state in the town of the border czar.

These events give me hope for the future. There is no point at all in finger-wagging at Trump voters. When the tariffs and Medicaid cuts come down, we will see many more people's consciousness change.

Just removed them - sorry about that.

I'm pretty sure that you can click by that and still read the full article.

OK, thanks for the heads-up.

Most of us here know that, but many others beyond the Fediverse are still not convinced. Video documentation and expert testimony of horrible crimes is often effective in changing public opinion.

Yes, it did change. But I still think that your concern is misplaced and that the Guardian's error came nowhere close to misinformation.

I should have mentioned the most important factor was the heroic struggle and sacrifice of the Vietnamese people, which did inflict many casualties on the US.

But the massive demonstrations in the US and around the world helped change the consciousness of millions, which ultimately even affected the thinking of the troops fighting in Vietnam. Many times the representatives of the NLF and DRV recognized the vital role of the US antiwar movement.

Unfortunately, both the USSR and China did not do much to help Vietnam, and Nixon was able to play them off pretty well.

Massive and sustained peaceful protests often do work, as they did against the US war in Vietnam. I can't imagine how confronting local Zionists would do anything to help Palestine be free.

Totally wasted sarcasm.

Right here. Biden's policies greatly strengthened Israel and directly helped the genocide.

Is Trump worse? I think yes. But that is still no reason to gloat or to think that endlessly supporting the lesser evil is going to produce any real changes that the world needs.

thanks.

After reading further, I see your point. Sorry about that.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into checking for the AMP pages. (Never heard of those before, haven't done much with the web for quite a while.)

Many opposed Harris because she continued very active support to the Israeli genocide. Very few believed Trump would be better.

Yeah, he was so much better than Trump. /s

Blame Biden-Harris and the Democrats, not the Palestinians.