There are two possible outcomes in this election. Neither are good for Gaza, but one is worse. Voting third party (if you’d normally vote democrat) is indirectly supporting Trump, who is the worse of the two options for Gaza.
Voting 3rd party to try and make a point is not helping the situation.
If you want to actually make a difference, get out there and protest, write letters to politicians, make phone calls - make sure they know what you want. People voting 3rd party doesn’t do any good if they don’t know why those people are voting 3rd party.
They could look back on this in 4 years, see a lot of third party voters, and assume it’s because Harris isn’t white, or because she’s a woman, or because of any number of other reasons. The only way they’ll know what your opinion is on this matter is if you tell them.
I wouldn’t even say it’s “indirect” anymore. These people know exactly what they are doing, and the blood of millions of Palestinians will be on their hands if Harris loses.
Protests have been getting a ton of media attention. I wouldn’t say they’re ineffective at all. I’d say they’re the most effective thing you could be doing.
It’s getting it in the public eye, though. That’s something. Politicians would much rather it was just swept under the rug, and the high-profile protests are making sure that doesn’t happen.
So, what, you only want to protest if you can do it in an environment where there’s no pushback? I’m not sure I follow your point. There are obviously people who disagree with the stance, that’s not news. They have the same right to be vocal about their stance as anyone else does. Drown them out.
It’s getting it in the public eye, though. That’s something.
It’s worthless. Just like all the platitudes about ceasefires. If we keep selling them weapons, they’ll keep genociding. And that’s the entire goddamned idea.
There are two possible outcomes in this election. Neither are good for Gaza, but one is worse. Voting third party (if you’d normally vote democrat) is indirectly supporting Trump, who is the worse of the two options for Gaza.
Voting 3rd party to try and make a point is not helping the situation.
If you want to actually make a difference, get out there and protest, write letters to politicians, make phone calls - make sure they know what you want. People voting 3rd party doesn’t do any good if they don’t know why those people are voting 3rd party.
They could look back on this in 4 years, see a lot of third party voters, and assume it’s because Harris isn’t white, or because she’s a woman, or because of any number of other reasons. The only way they’ll know what your opinion is on this matter is if you tell them.
I wouldn’t even say it’s “indirect” anymore. These people know exactly what they are doing, and the blood of millions of Palestinians will be on their hands if Harris loses.
Writing letters to politicians and making phone calls isn’t going to do shit, they only answer the money and we don’t have it.
So it’ll do as much as screaming into the void on Lemmy - got it!
Well, you have to vote for Harris, protests are ineffective, as is posting on lemmy.
Ever notice that the only option is always stfu?
Protests have been getting a ton of media attention. I wouldn’t say they’re ineffective at all. I’d say they’re the most effective thing you could be doing.
Yeah, just look at how that needle has moved from “unconditional support for genocide” to “unconditional support for genocide.”
It’s getting it in the public eye, though. That’s something. Politicians would much rather it was just swept under the rug, and the high-profile protests are making sure that doesn’t happen.
It may be getting in the public eye, but when it’s pointed out to liberals, they start chanting things like four more years or USA USA.
So, what, you only want to protest if you can do it in an environment where there’s no pushback? I’m not sure I follow your point. There are obviously people who disagree with the stance, that’s not news. They have the same right to be vocal about their stance as anyone else does. Drown them out.
It’s worthless. Just like all the platitudes about ceasefires. If we keep selling them weapons, they’ll keep genociding. And that’s the entire goddamned idea.