Collision Resistance@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoGaza Is Set To Torpedo Joe Biden's Claim To A Human Rights Legacywww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down161cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareNoIWontPickaName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·10 months agoWomen voting was a non starter. So was civil rights for black people. Everything is a non starter if you don’t try
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months ago Everything is a non starter if you don’t try Centrists be like “Yeah! Isn’t it great?”
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoMy point isn’t “We shouldn’t try anything”, my point is “Expecting results or making ultimatums at this juncture is divorced from reality.” We need to work on swaying public opinion before threats to strategically vote against pro-Israel candidates and the like becomes even vaguely viable.
Women voting was a non starter.
So was civil rights for black people.
Everything is a non starter if you don’t try
Centrists be like “Yeah! Isn’t it great?”
My point isn’t “We shouldn’t try anything”, my point is “Expecting results or making ultimatums at this juncture is divorced from reality.”
We need to work on swaying public opinion before threats to strategically vote against pro-Israel candidates and the like becomes even vaguely viable.