At her October 25 rally in Houston, Kamala Harris told pro-Palestine protestors to leave her rally and “rally down the street.” Shortly thereafter, during the same rally, she said that her campaign is the one for “freedom and democracy.” Her response to demonstrators, mirrored by our news media, have repeatedly mocked Americans who decry the genocide of the Palestinian people.
Silence!
Sit nicely and be Genocided.
Don’t you know it’s is a privilege for you to be here?
Don’t you know we allowed you?
Don’t you know we made you?
And you dare speak!
Silence!
I’m speaking!
Sit nicely and stop raising your hand.
Sit nicely and stop interrupting us.
Don’t you know we are working hard?
To get through our checklist for the day.
We have 3 checkboxes for you.
Ok we will give you one million.
For your Palestinians
Sit nicely while we check them:
Die
dying
almost dead
dead again
Silence!
We will not allow you to report, post or repost.
We will fire you, and not hire you.
We will track your devices.
We will face-recognize you.
We will deport you.
Silence!
We have arms to sell.
We have pockets to line.
We have senators and congressmen to elect and elevate.
We have senators and congressmen to defeat and displace.
And a president withering away,
And a possible first woman president,
And a possible forever term president.
Silence!
You are not a witness to a genocide.
What genocide?
This is going to be a difficult one. Look, if Hitler and Stalin were the only two candidates on the ballot
we’d still have to calculate who would be better for the Palestinians. I wish I lived in a different universe, but there you have it. Two things to consider:
“Poll shows Israelis massively favor Trump over Harris in US election”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-shows-israelis-massively-favor-trump-over-harris-in-us-election/
How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer by Bernie Sanders:
Trump says Netanyahu is doing a good job and Biden is holding him back. Even on this issue, Trump is worse…. [ Israel ] did not have the right to kill 42,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of whom were children, women and the elderly, or injure over 100,000 people in Gaza. It did not have the right to destroy Gaza’s infrastructure and housing and healthcare systems. It did not have the right to bomb every one of Gaza’s 12 universities. It did not have the right to block humanitarian aid, causing massive malnutrition in children and, in fact, starvation….And that is why I am doing everything I can to block US military aid and offensive weapons sales to the rightwing extremist Netanyahu government in Israel. And I know that many of you share those feelings. And some of you are saying, “How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she is supporting this terrible war?” And that is a very fair question….t even on this issue, Donald Trump and his rightwing friends are worse. In the Senate and in Congress Republicans have worked overtime to block humanitarian aid to the starving children in Gaza. The president and vice-president both support getting as much humanitarian aid into Gaza as soon as possible….Trump has said that Netanyahu is doing a good job and that Biden is holding him back. He has suggested that the Gaza Strip would make excellent beachfront property for development. It is no wonder Netanyahu prefers to have Donald Trump in office….But even more importantly, and this I promise you, after Harris wins we will, together, do everything we can to change US policy toward Netanyahu – including an immediate ceasefire, the return of all hostages, a surge of massive humanitarian aid, the stopping of settler attacks on the West Bank, and the rebuilding of Gaza for the Palestinian people..We will have, in my view, a much better chance of changing US policy with Harris than with Trump, who is extremely close to Netanyahu and sees him as a like-minded, rightwing extremist ally...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/30/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-harris-trump
And it sill boils down to RACISM…