How the right is weaponizing pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US
How the right is weaponizing pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US
How the right is weaponizing pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US
Republicans are using a narrative of chaos and ‘philosophical divisions on Israel’ among Democrats to sink Biden’s campaign
Republicans have identified recent college protests against Israel’s war in Gaza as the core of an election campaign narrative of chaos that they hope can be used to sink Joe Biden’s presidency.
The approach was bluntly crystallised by Tom Cotton, the Republican senator Arkansas, in a recent television interview when he mocked the encampments that have sprung up in recent weeks as “little Gazas” and lambasted the president for a perceived failure to unequivocally denounce instances of antisemitism.
So what's new? The right inserted provocateurs into BLM demonstrations to create violence and bad press. This time their provocateurs prime aim is to alienate Biden voters. It is so easy to lead people.
Just look at Lemmy. There's tons of anti-Biden posters who twist everything with misinformation and deception
That's what happens when the establishment uses their stranglehold over mainstream media to strong arm a primary. The right wing is going to right wing, and misinformation is their whole game. Democrats can learn to be a party that can win in that environment, or they can let institutional inertia destroy the country. They seem to be leaning to the latter.
Yup. They’re using the same voter disengagement strategies that Republicans have used for decades. It’s never about how great Trump is. It’s always about how you should just stay home in November because Biden sucks too.
Abstaining from voting will lead to Trump’s second term. Inaction is action.
Edit: The downvotes without rebuttal are proof of this statement.
"Everyone that disagrees with me is a shill"
Listen, I'm going to hold my nose and vote for Biden in November because a Trump victory risks the end of democracy in the US, but I'm so tired of this idea that all criticism of him, and anyone who disagrees with us about whether to vote for him, is a victim of some kind of conspiracy.
That isn't to say that people don't want to exploit those divisions and will try to spread misinformation to do so, but that isn't an excuse to dismiss everyone you disagree with either.
I think Biden is far from perfect. I straight up disagree with him on a few things. I'd say he actually kinda sucks in some ways. But at the end of the day, he's gotten a lot more done in closer to the right direction than I ever would've expected, and the other viable option to vote for will undo that and steer things in the wrong direction if elected.
We just can't let good be the enemy of perfect. Biden is the only option for any hope of a positive future. A lot of the posters you're talking about are bad faith actors, and their whole goal is convincing some people to stay home in November. 2020 went to Biden by only like 30k people across a handful of states, so it's pretty clear that they want to dissuade people who are somewhat on the fence to chip away at that difference. They know that trump is polarizing af and even with the electoral college tilting in their favor, they need to pretend that Biden is polarizing too.
Are we at the point where Democrats start blaming progressives for Biden losing? Remember, this time we’re calling them commies, not Bernie Bros.
Biden does anything good: "Oooh where was all this for the last 4 years?"
Gets tiring to see.
Yeah the "gEnOcIdE jOe" are the worst simpletons.
Just like January 6th was really Antifa right? This whole episode has shown me that the left is just as susceptible to wielding misinformation as the right.
No, not like that at all, because that is not real. This whole episode hasn't shown you shit, quit lying.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-helped-ignite-george-floyd-riots-identified-white/story?id=72051536