the number of people responding to THIS VIDEO in particular to berate people into voting for kamala instead of engaging at all with the actual content of the video and the behavior displayed by others who are supposedly their allies and fellow democrats, especially when nowhere in the post itself did i even say anything about not voting for kamala…
there's just a complete inability to handle even the existence of not just criticism of but the mere OBSERVATION of egregious behavior both from politicians and delegates/supporters. not only do we HAVE to fall in line with people who openly mock dead children, we cannot even observe and acknowledge that they do so because it makes them look bad and that would harsh the vibes and they need the vibes to win.
like even if you think arms embargo is impossible and a laughable dream, this post is not even about that. it's about THIS behavior: the complete dehumanization and ridicule of palestinian children who have been killed by american bombs and american tax dollars. address what is in front of you. you are willfully covering your eyes and your ears of this evil in your own big tent because it is inconvenient and uncomfortable to you—even if you think to yourself, well i acknowledge the genocide so this isn't about me, you still need to acknowledge the others who are at that convention, who supposedly represent and speak for you.
even if you think biden and harris are unreachable and unmovable, very likely true, look at your fellow democrats with their rainbow accessories and their talk of hope and joy on one hand and their mockery of dead children on the other and think about how much you want to let slide without comment because commenting would be inconvenient, standing up to them would be too dangerous. just because the people in power are untouchable does not mean you too have to just full-throatedly accept their supporters, the people with whom you have thrown your lot, gleefully stripping the victims of a genocide of their basic humanity and dignity.