'Very troubling': Leader of 'Abandon Harris' movement now anxious about Trump appointees
'Very troubling': Leader of 'Abandon Harris' movement now anxious about Trump appointees
In interviews with NBC News, prominent members of the "Abandon Harris" maintained they made the right decision to either not vote for Vice President Kamala Harris or cast their ballot for Donald Trump despite previously being in the Democrats' camp.As NBC's Jillian Frankel reported, members of the m...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23598266
Summary
Key leaders of the “Abandon Harris” movement, which encouraged voters to oppose Kamala Harris due to U.S. support for Israel during the Gaza war, are now expressing unease about Trump’s incoming administration.
Many in the movement, including prominent Muslim leaders, voted for Trump hoping he would bring peace to the Middle East.
However, concerns are growing over his Cabinet picks, such as Mike Huckabee and Tulsi Gabbard, which some see as troubling for Muslim communities.
Saved! That's going to be very useful over the months and years.
I saved it specifically for the moment I'll get to post it in the work group chat.
This is what happens when a single issue voting bloc looks up from their issue and realized they listened to a lie because they heard what they wanted. Single issue voters are a plague to democracy because they aren't smart enough to think about more than one thing.
At least single issue voters do vote for the candidate who supports their single issue. Anyone in the Abandon Harris camp who voted for Trump because of the Biden/Harris handling over the Palestinian genocide was severely ignorant of Trump's policies. I guess this would have to include those who didn't see him as a threat for their interests and decided not to vote.
It'd be like an anti-abortion single issue voter casting a ballot for a candidate who's supporting Extreme Abortions ™.
Don't forget the millions who sat it out too.
First past the post is such a bad way of voting. They make you choose between 2 parties that don't even reflect most of the people. Proportional representation is a much safer way to handle everything.
Preferential voting is also good.
Different targets, though. The house and probably state legislatures where there are plenty of seats to elect would do well with proportional representation. For stuff that's really single seat, they could go with parliamentarism (house elects president), but more likely they'd want some single-seat election that works better than FPTP (and without the college)
So my only question really is whether these people are deliberate agents provocateur who are now feebly trying to hide the fact that they were working for the benefit of Trump all along or if they're blithering idiots who are genuinely so fucking stupid that they didn't see this coming
I see no third option - it's one or the other
I suspect a lot of people thought everything would go back to 2016 if Trump won. There would be a big "resistance" movement and they could be important players in it. The small time ones like these guys thought they would get lots of attention and could push their own accelerationist agenda, and the bigger ones like CNN, WaPo and NYT thought they would go back to making lots of money on subscriptions and ad sales.
Yep.
The media was in on it in hopes that they could get so much ad revenue for farming dissent over every single thing that Trump says as he dementia blathers and bungles his way around the White House.
The wealthy are in on it in hopes that since Trump is a grifter, there is a good chance that they can be in on the grift and let Trump take all the blame for their actions well they pocket the money and run.
Kamala being president would have been a stable time in America and nothing is worse for grift and skeezy bullshit than political stability.
It's also possible it was a intra-group power grab from a place of genuine despair and hopelessness. Historically, it's been difficult to convince Muslims to deny their votes to Democrats because the political alternative was so bad. But the genocide in Gaza eclipsed those concerns, and it became the Muslim and Palestinian groups' primary focus. This allowed Muslim and Palestinian political organizers an unprecedented opportunity to flex their political muscle, and to demand more attention and power within the Left's already tenuous coalition.
The hangover will come when 1) the genocide continues, 2) anti-Muslim sentiment and policies at home increase, and 3) they realize they have bought themselves increased bargaining power within a political faction that is effectively completely powerless. But their alternative was to elect a Israeli ally who would continue to ignore Muslim and Palestinian voices. It's just a real shit-show any way you slice it.
The conservative Middle-Eastern population in SE Michigan were far, far more fearful of getting a WOMAN president than anything.
Well, they really showed her.
I guess we'll see how the guy who literally only gives a fuck about himself will treat everyone else.
The real kicker is Trump doesn't even like himself. He likes the image of himself that he portrays to other people but he hates himself.
Stupid people realizing the outcomes of stupid actions may turn out stupid.
"People who thought that Harris supports face-eating leopards decided to either not vote or voted for the face-eating leopard and are now shocked to find their faces eaten by leopards"
Trump, or not trump. How does America get even this wrong?
I've said this before, but it's worth repeating: all that effort put targeting Harris, but I didn't see one thread targeting Trump, even though it was clear that it would be a close call.
Targeting Trump with... what, exactly? I mean he's Trump; people voting for him do it knowing he's Trump.
Not targeting Trump personally, but voters that are on the 5 they sit this one out.
At least we’ll all suffer in solidarity with the Palestinians. Surely that counts for something?
I no longer have solidarity with Palestine. I cared when Biden was in office because there was some hope of influencing the DNC. Now there's no hope of that and from what I've heard the free Palestine movement was part of the reason we lost. Sow, Reap. Solidarity goes both ways and I have too much to worry about just keeping my remaining trans friends alive.
My country's politics are shitty so now I don't care about an ongoing genocide? What the fuck did I just read
You can care about two things. More even. Cutting your solidarity with Palestine over this is pathetic, I find it hard to believe you had any in the first place if this is enough to break it.
And let's not forget that "people who generally agree with me except don't like supporting genocide" are much less of an issue than "people who think my trans friends are mentally ill cis people, hate all immigrants and actively encourage the genocide." Tens of millions voted for Trump. They are the problem.
from what I've heard the free Palestine movement was part of the reason we lost.
That's definitely not true. People who cared about Palestine enough to not vote for Harris are chump change compared to the numbers she lost by. I mean Trump got all swing states, literally all seven. Getting Michigan would've only made her loss seem less terrible. This is the DNC's, and America's, fault, not something that happened because some people didn't want to fund genocide.
I got lit the fuck up yesterday by a bunch of ml trolls for having this stance in !politics.
their argument was, "if I wanted help, I should have helped them. since I refuse to help them now, they won't help me then"
let that fester for a moment.
these people are mentally ill.
eventually I just trolled them back so I could maximize the outrage and expand my block list.
[Scene opens on a wide, desolate savanna at dusk. The camera slowly pans over a leopard lying under a tree, its large body barely able to move. The sun is setting, casting a cold, dim light over the scene. Soft wind rustles through the dry grass. The leopard’s eyes are dull, its breathing labored.]
Narrator (soft, somber voice): In the wild, leopards are meant to stalk, to hunt, to climb. But for some, this is no longer possible. These are the leopards of the forgotten savanna... the ones who can no longer live the life they were born to lead.
[Cut to a close-up of another leopard, this one lying next to a watering hole, panting heavily. The camera lingers on its enormous, bloated body, its paws barely able to reach the ground. The leopard’s eyes seem vacant, devoid of the wild spark they once had.]
Narrator: Overfed and unable to move, these leopards have been left to a slow, painful existence. They can no longer hunt their prey, no longer climb the trees to escape danger, no longer feel the thrill of the chase. They are trapped in their own bodies.
[Cue the soft, mournful opening chords of "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan. The camera slowly pans over a third leopard, sluggishly trying to rise, but its massive weight prevents it from standing. It lets out a heavy sigh, its once-strong legs buckling beneath it.]
Narrator: They are the forgotten victims of a world that has abandoned them. Too fat to run, too weak to fight... These leopards are slowly fading, one breath at a time. They need your help.
[Cut to a shot of a leopard staring out over the savanna. The camera lingers on its face, eyes half-closed, its expression one of quiet resignation.]
Narrator: For just $3 a day, you can provide the care and support these leopards so desperately need. A donation will help give them the chance to live a life of dignity. Help them find their way back to the wild they were meant to roam.
[The music swells as the camera fades to black, and the words "Your donation can make a difference" appear in white text on the screen.]
Narrator (whispering): Please, don’t let them suffer in silence. The time to act is now.
[The music fades out, and the SPCA logo appears in the corner, along with a toll-free number and website for donations.]
This pasta is already getting stale.
Why not make a clever animated video of it, or (barf) use AI and media theft to "create" what you described?
if you close your eyes while you read it, imagination is better.