Aug 22, 2024
Thousands of Pro-Palestine voters are rallying in protest over Israel’s war in Gaza near the United Center in Chicago where the Democratic National Convention (DNC) is currently underway.
(📸: AFP, MEE/@ azad.essa)
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Thousands of Pro-Palestine voters are rallying in protest over Israel’s war in Gaza near the United Center in Chicago where the Democratic National Convention (DNC) is currently underway.
(📸: AFP, MEE/@ azad.essa)
DNC attendees cover their ears as names of dead Palestinian children are read as they leave the convention.
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So last night at the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris pulled off, in my opinion, the most glorious flex in all of American politics. It was petty as fuck and I am here for it:
Harris, in a Show of Force, Holds a Large Rally 80 Miles From Her Convention
Choosing Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee [the smaller venue used for the Republican National Convention] as the venue for Ms. Harris’s rally also served as an intentional rejoinder to Mr. Trump, who has fumed over the size of her crowds since she replaced Mr. Biden on the Democratic ticket. The campaign said about 15,000 people attended the rally in Milwaukee, and the 23,500-person convention hall in Chicago was packed.
Someone on Reddit then linked to the Kamala HQ video of her brief Coming To You Live From My Rival’s Venue acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination. And Redditors pointed out that you could actually see the juxtaposition, and the sold-out crowds could see each other, and it was beautiful.
Posters on r/politics constantly say to any positive discussion, “None of this matters if you don’t vote.” While this is true, the constant doomer nihilism of “None of this matters” pisses me off. I know they’re afraid people will get complacent. They’re afraid people will see, for example, pictures of these massive crowds and think, I don’t have to leave the house. I don’t have to vote. Everyone else will get this. But that’s not what I think when I see news like this. It DOES matter. I was always going to drag my carcass out to my polling station in a blood-red state, whether I have to use a cane or not, whether the Electoral College even gives a shit about my vote or not, but this is exciting. Whenever I see Kamala’s packed, enthusiastic crowds, I think, This is a movement forward and I get to be part of it. We are gonna run up the popular vote as a statement that will make bad-faith actors think twice before meddling, and we are gonna flip some battleground states. We are gonna nail down the electoral votes, and I am going to sit there and watch on TV as they certify the electors in December, and then I am going to sit there and watch them officially count it out like they did on January 6, 2021, and I am going to know that I was part of that.
It’s not about getting complacent. It’s about feeling the agency and possibility that we can actually get this done. It’s about saying, I get to do this, even if it’s just one ballot, one I Voted sticker, one day. We’re gonna get our first female, first South Asian American, and second Black president into that office. The enthusiasm is our running rebuke to that fucking guy, and we’re gonna get the numbers as even Republican politicians turn on him and support Kamala Harris. And any time someone tells you that being hopeful is getting complacent, come back and look at those crowds. Or better yet, get hyped up by Michelle Obama:
Hope is energy, not complacency. We can do this.
Chuck Schumer goes full douchebag on American taxpaying citizens and basically says the government can do anything they want to you. Democrats think they're fixing their horrible approval rating by mocking people who don't enjoy paying taxes for wasteful spending and useless programs.
Listen to the disdain with which he mocks the American taxpayer! Approval for the Democrats are headed for single digits due to Schumer and the DNC's groupthink.
Why doesn't he donate all of his illicitly obtained millions to the government if he feels so strongly about it?
Are you voting for Kamala?
Yes, and I’m happy about it!
Yes but I’m not happy about it
No, I’m not voting democrat, in opposition
No, I’m not voting, in opposition
Undecided
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On tumblr and elsewhere in my internetsphere, I see a ton of people who have been very critical of Kamala, and I’m wondering, how these people are planning to vote. I’d also love to hear how the war in Gaza is or isn’t impacting your choice!