There is so much on the line on April 1.
So this month in particular, we have to ask ourselves whether we are doing everything we can.
April 1 is a Key Date for Us
Wisconsin State Supreme Court
- Postcards (lots of options)
- Volunteer
- Donate (thermometer in the sidebar)
- Be an Angel
House Special Election Florida-06
- Postcards (lots of options)
- Volunteer
- Donate (thermometer for FL-06 in the sidebar)
- Be an Angel
House Special Election Florida-01
- Postcards (lots of options)
- Volunteer
Call your Senators today – Regardless of their Position
- Hard NO on the UNCLEAN continuing resolution? Thank them!
- Hard YES? State the harms it will do
- No position yet? Make your case! (Details here and in the sidebar.)
On Allyship and Fear
WaterGirl
Also, we have $400 left on the Angel match from PatrickG.
rebelsdad
I’m using 5 Calls to contact my reps every week. I donated what I could afford to the FL-06 effort via BJ. I’m educating myself about local and state politics and finding out which groups I want to support with my time and money. That’s the best I can do right now.
Cheryl from Maryland
Contacted my Senators re the UNCLEAN continuing resolution. Being in MD, not so hard. I keep to the same short message as I have for the last few weeks – approval of ANYTHING from Trump/GOP means acquiescence for EVERYTHING. Plus I thank them for holding the line. My Congressman is Jamie Raskin, so I send thank you emails to his office regularly.
WaterGirl
@rebelsdad: Sounds like you are doing everything you can. That’s all any of us can do. :-)
SC54HI
Done & done for Senators neither of whom have publicly stated a position.
Called to thank my Rep for his NO vote in the House yesterday. Good behavior should be rewarded!
WaterGirl
Donate
TBone
Local Action Together NEPA sent me this Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit. I’m getting involved. Sharing is caring!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s0JbXhND7-1iqABNcUNL031NQLxkLfr-USkCKGZTidI/edit?usp=drivesdk
Updated version
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s0JbXhND7-1iqABNcUNL031NQLxkLfr-USkCKGZTidI/edit?usp=drivesdk
Intro
WaterGirl
@SC54HI: Good idea to call your representatives in the House.
Thank you or “big mistake. huge”
(To steal a line from Pretty Woman.)
Baud
My contribution. Every night I utter this prayer.
Mr. Bemused Senior
I called my House rep and both senators (CA). No responses as yet but I don’t really expect any. Kevin Mullin’s office tells me there will be a town hall meeting on 3/20 and I plan to attend.
I’ll chip in some money when I get home tonight.
Shakti
Schumer is apparently whipping Senate Dems to vote for the CR.
His DC office and my senators are going to voicemail.
https://bsky.app/profile/climatebrad.hillheat.com/post/3lk6w34zz6c26
The Hill
I’m so tired.
TBone
@TBone: do those links work for others?
There is a wealth, a metric shit ton, of useful information ON ACTION in there. Especially the updated version.
Hint: about the currrent budgetary mess too!
Old School
@Shakti:
Follow-up post:
nevsky42
I called Mark Warner (D-VA), for whatever good that will do. That dude’s far past his expiration date…
WaterGirl
@Shakti: Fuck. What is Schumer thinking??
I called Dick Durbin’s office to ask why they would possibly want to do this, and of course “call back later”. Not even the ability to leave a message.
chemiclord
I put in hours every day after long work days trying to help needy families, trans people to get official documents, and whip up support for Joe Biden, then Kamala Harris.Then I watched America elect Donald Trump again… because vibes, I guess.
So yeah, I’m done. I’m done trying to help America as a whole. Fuck all y’all, whether you’re some MAGAt or self absorbed self entitled leftist shit who just couldn’t “sacrifice your integrity.” Fuck all y’all non-voters who just couldn’t be assed to even put forth the bare minimum amount of effort.
I’m going to put what energy and resources I have into helping those who can’t help themselves and/or didn’t outright ask for this. Everyone else? Take a seat on a sandpaper dildo and enjoy the ride. I hope it hurts, because you deserve it.
TBone
@TBone: continuing to try to get someone, anyone to read feels a little useless right now. I tried! There are many suggestions for action listed, very helpful!
Mr. Bemused Senior
@chemiclord: usually I ignore comments like this. This time, though, let me point out that ranting like this on BJ is in my opinion counterproductive and useless.
chemiclord
@Mr. Bemused Senior:
The open question posed was why I wasn’t doing more. That’s my answer. /shrug
BarcaChicago
I’m canvassing every week in Wisconsin, from Chicago, for the Supreme Court election – doing 4 days in a row in the final days.
Also sending 75 postcards into Wisconsin.
Donating to WisDems monthly and adding extra when I can.
I called Senator Duckworth’s office today, spoke with urgency to a polite intern.
I’ve been calling multiple offices for Senator Durbin, could only leave a voicemail at his Springfield office – all others mailbox full and no answer.
I’ll keep calling Durbin
ETA I’m also texting family/friends and sharing the 5 Calls app urging them to call their senators.
Shakti
@WaterGirl: Schumer is rich so he has a sinecure waiting for him.
My senators are Moody and Scott.
Belafon
@chemiclord: Do you go to Dick’s and rant about how people aren’t jogging enough?
WaterGirl
@chemiclord: The open question was:
Are You Doing Everything You Can?
Not:
Why aren’t you doing more?
WaterGirl
@BarcaChicago: Go you!
SC54HI
@WaterGirl: Yes – as I said yesterday, my rep is D-Blue Dog DINO and I have sent a bunch of nastygrams to him over his votes & actions.
Figured he should also hear from me when I appreciate his work.
chemiclord
@Shakti:
I get the theory of, “Don’t interrupt your opponent as they are making a mistake.”
I also get the idea that shutdowns are very bad things.
But this isn’t 30 years ago, and the strategies of 1995 don’t seem like they will work now.
sixthdoctor
I called both my Sens (MD) this morning to vote against the CR, and again just now in different offices to leave a message that they should vote against cloture and vote for the Murray/DeLauro CR instead. Really hope the Dems hold the line here. If they let cloture go through on this I imagine there will be (and should be) a lot of primary challenges for the defectors.
Trivia Man
I received a postcard in Wisconsin, thank you someone in Denver.
chemiclord
@WaterGirl:
In that case, I suppose the answer is technically “no.”
Shakti
@chemiclord:
By letting Musk and Trump run without being checked, the fundamental budget process is broken.
The 100 days smash and grab is very effective in demoralizing any Democratic partisans. It makes incrementalists look ineffectual because they wanted to be.
That’s why I said Schumer doesn’t care because he has a sinecure waiting for him.
Fighting is annoying and work for him. If the government breaks, he’s fine.
Unless that sinecure isn’t waiting for him.
TBone
@TBone: last time advertisement on this thread (you can’t say I’m not persistent): Comes with free digital content!
Gifs & Memes from IntoAction – even more available at link
Does the google doc fu even work for anyone else?
chemiclord
@Shakti:
I’d argue it’s less the work and more that he is trying to govern like it’s the 1990’s and not like it’s 1929 (which he should be).
Glory b
@Shakti: Wouldnt the proposed amendments to the CR give Dems something to argue FOR?
“In a reasonable world, the CR would include this, this and this.”
So that instead of just “No,” Dems would offer something resembling a positive message, something people also complain about, “You can’t just run on ‘Trump bad.'”
ewrunning
Something else those of us who feel safe doing so can do: Flood DOGE with FOIA requests for what they are doing with our data, now that a federal court judge ruled they are subject to FOIA. See the link below from Jamie Raskin:
https://jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-act-requests/
WaterGirl
@TBone: @TBone: @TBone: @TBone:
Not every comment gets a reply, and it’s unrealistic to expect that. This is a blog, you can’t expect it to be like twitter or BlueSky, nor would we want it to be.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Glory b:
What’s the point if they give up any leverage they have by voting for cloture? All of those proposed amendments will just get voted down and their NO votes will be meaningless, all the while giving Trump and Musk even more of a blank check than they already have
Paul W.
@WaterGirl: He’s my Senator, I’ve been calling him every day and now a second time today after hearing about this it is INSANE. I had to try really hard to not curse out their answering machine.
A vote for cloture on this and we might as well start packing our bags, this country is over (and I’m not given to doomerism).
HeleninEire
@Shakti: I just sent Chuck an email. Also sending an email to the Irish Teoschoch (I am a dual American/Irish citizen). WTF is he doing here? WTF does Ireland get from the US that he needs to show up in these circumstances? $3 million in aid. That’s nothing.
Baud
@HeleninEire:
Maybe he wants a deal on a Tesla.
Paul W.
An update, and good news I think??
https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3lk7bpumi222a
zhena gogolia
@Paul W.: So all the handwringing was based on misinformation? What a surprise.
Belafon
@Paul W.: I can’t get on bsky at work. What’s it say?
TBone
@WaterGirl: I wanted to know whether the links work as well. Felt like pissing into the wind.
Considering the question posed in the title… it’s what I’m doing today. We’re getting a local chapter of Action Together NEPA together.
https://www.actiontogethernepa.org/
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Belafon:
Mousebumples
Reposting from last night’s thread, good news from last night’s elections, in case it was missed –
And
Both from Postcards to Voters social media.
We can do this. 💪
Re – Wisconsin postcards for Susan Crawford, I’d guess writing and mailing runs through the last Tuesday of March, or so. (Electric ELECTION is April 1, no joke!)
I’m doing more data work tonight (adding addresses from one database to the other), but I hope to get more postcards done, maybe this weekend.
If phone banking is more your thing, that’s ramping up for Wisconsin as well. Mobilize.us has tons of virtual and in person opportunities!
John S.
@zhena gogolia:
Sure, if you prefer to believe some random person on BlueSky as opposed to all the credible reporting coming from TPM and others.
At this point, nobody really knows what will happen until it happens. Largely because constituents are being left in the dark by Senate Democrats.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
We’ll see. We know Fetterman is a lost cause. Maybe someone else will take advantage of the supermajority to act bipartisan too. Or maybe not.
I’m less concerned about the criticism on the front end (although it can be excessive) and more about the lack of support on the back end, which is a common occurrence.
tobie
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): FIngers crossed this report turns out to be true.
Geminid
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m not sure Democrats have as much leverage as many people are convinced they have. Republicans found they didn’t have the leverage they thought they had when they shut government down, and they found out the hard way.
I understand that many people are absolutely certain that stopping this bill is the better move strategically. But I have also come to understand that when it comes to political strategy, certainty is one of the most easily achieved of all mental states.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: Basically I’m resigned to the fact that Democrats have no power. We failed to give it to them. So I see no point in criticizing them.
zhena gogolia
@Geminid: Right. I have no idea what they should do under these impossible circumstances.
Melancholy Jaques
@TBone:
We Democrats don’t tell single, clear stories. Look at what is happening right now in the senate.
Do we think what Trump, Musk, & Republicans are doing is wrong? Bad for America? How would the normies know?
WaterGirl
@Paul W.: Yes, the rule is no swearing EVER when you reach out to your elected officials.
As much as they deserve it, the best thing cursing at them on the phone or in writing will get you is to be ignored. The worst is that they blow you off and don’t add a tick next to “vote no”. (or whatever)
Swearing at them is really just foolish self-indulgence. I guess it’s worth it if you just want to feel better as opposed to having your input recognized.
But damn, it would be gratifying! but only in the moment. :-)
Baud
@Geminid:
I’m with you. I’ve given up pretending to know what’s best as an objective matter. I know what I enjoy, and that’s about it.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Geminid:
What does it achieve allowing Trump and Musk even more authority on how funds are spent?
John S.
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
If that’s really what Schumer is up to, then it’s a way to pretend they tried to do something without actually stopping the CR. Once it passes cloture, nothing else really matters at that point. The amendments are for show, and the CR will pass on a simple majority.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
I agree generally. But that’s not really the case here. They have bad choices, but they do have the power to decide.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I really wonder if Fetterman’s stroke might have damaged his brain function in some way.
schrodingers_cat
@zhena gogolia: Same. I am tired. Last year was hard for me. Just getting back on my feet.
OT: I bought 3 different 100% cotton paper notebooks/pads for my watercolor practice. They were super spendy
I am tired of having my paper warp when I use WoW techniques. Let’s see how these do.
Old School
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Don’t know. I’m no Frist.
TBone
@Melancholy Jaques:
le sigh
The actions and talking points given in the Toolkit links at #7 are supposed to (designed to) help out with that.
Squirrel! 👀
(not you, I have work to do IRL)
WaterGirl
@Baud: The House, the Senate and the White House all belong to the Rs, so Dems have no leverage.
But elected Dems can make choices and they can apparently stop some things if just a couple of Rs grow a spine.
And elected Dems certainly can slow things down by making them count every vote for every single fucking thing in every single fucking process that is part of the sausage-making.
Baud
@Old School:
He’s said that before.
Did Schumer say something about Khalil to trigger that?
Melancholy Jaques
@zhena gogolia:
What did Republicans do when Obama had the trifecta?
At every opportunity they told the whole world whatever Obama wants, we oppose. Didn’t matter what it was.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Like I said, I’m not going to debate strategy. I have no clue what’s best.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I don’t know either, but I do wonder. Because there appears to be a huge change.
John S.
@Baud:
Yeah, last time I checked votes still mattered and constituted a choice. Unless the theory is that the minority party has no agency (except when it’s Republicans in the minority).
Baud
@Melancholy Jaques:
Government didn’t shut down when Obama had a trifecta. It could have, since we only had a filibuster proof majority for 90 days or so.
Baud
@John S.:
Sure. Everyone is accountable for every vote. How one chooses to hold them accountable is an individual choice.
The stories about Dems not stopping stuff they have no power to stop, however, is pure propaganda.
chemiclord
@zhena gogolia: Just further evidence that the left leaning folks aren’t immune to misinformation if it tells them what they want to hear, either.
Old School
@Baud: No clue. Likely Trump is just rambling.
John S.
@Baud:
Let’s be a little less abstract here. Yes, the Democrats are largely powerless right now. But they can stop the CR in the Senate. That’s a fact, not propaganda.
Baud
@chemiclord:
I don’t disagree. But predictions based on scattered intel aren’t misinformation. I think predictions are mostly worthless, but they’re not wrong until they don’t happen.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
I’d say denying cloture gives them power and isn’t propaganda
Baud
@John S.:
I said that above.
Whether it’s the right thing to do is an individual judgment.
Baud
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
As I said above.
John S.
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
I just said the same thing. Because it happens to be true.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I love that Trump thinks it’s fine to use “Palestinian” as a slur.
*and by “love” I mean “am appalled by”
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@chemiclord:
Is TPM misinformation? And while I hope that BSky post is true, we don’t know for sure if it is
John S.
@Baud:
I find that all the conjecture about whether it’s right or wrong based solely on the outcome is missing the point.
Doing the right thing is always right decision. And in this case, sinking the garbage CR is the right thing to do because it is shit legislation.
Baud
@John S.:
You’re putting words in my mouth. I didn’t specify criteria for deciding what the right thing is. Each person needs to do that for themselves. Somewhere there will be Democrats who think the right thing is for the Dems to vote for the CR.
sixthdoctor
Schumer on the floor just now:
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Many people have loved me like that.
Baud
@sixthdoctor:
What does that mean? They got Fetterman back?
ETA: Sounds aspirational. Not sure if it means anything yet.
John S.
@Baud:
I’m not putting words in your mouth. I’m telling you MY position. I just happen to disagree with you that the right thing is a matter of personal preference in this case.
ETA: I’m just not a big fan of “vibes” when it comes to matters that can be evaluated objectively. Like whether or not a piece of legislation itself has merit.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
Potentially, but even if they didn’t, 53+1<60
Baud
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Your math checks out.
I’m just saying that quote doesn’t reveal what they’ll do if they don’t get what they want.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
Most importantly:
schrodingers_cat
Politico headline
Pro-Palestinian groups have more demands for Democrats
I have one demand of these groups STFU. You withheld your votes and told others not to vote D. So fuck off and make demands of the party that you helped install in the WH.
Baud
@John S.:
It’s always a personal decision, even when it’s objectively wrong in the most obvious ways (like whether the world is round).
You don’t have to concede anything, but you can’t force your views on anyone else.
Baud
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Ok, that’s more solid. Thank you.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@Baud:
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
I don’t trust media framing. Are the demands really pitched as demands or are they looking to work together with Dems?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
NP. It’s good news, hope it holds
John S.
@Baud:
You’re right about that when it comes to personal interactions — except when it’s an elected representative. And in that case, constituents absolutely CAN and DO force their views on others.
Thats pretty much what representative democracy is about.
Princess
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): So Fetterman was a complete douche for no reason.
Baud
@John S.:
Force is still too strong, but people can freely vote as they wish and lobby their reps in between elections. I’ve never questioned that right, even if I disagree with particular choices.
chemiclord
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Josh Marshall HAS shown a willingness to run with unsupported rumor before, so… yeah.
rikyrah
@TBone:
THANK YOU
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: Let me link the article for you.
Here it is.
John S.
@Baud:
Yeah, I think you’re right about the terminology. Force is pretty strong. And that’s kind of what it feels like with Trump right now forcing the world to bend to his will (it ain’t pretty).
Strongly cajoling is probably where I’m at in calling my reps nearly daily and setting the expectation for what my vote will cost them.
ETA: Appreciate the discussion. Now I go back to lurking.
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
Thanks. That’s not a friendly letter, based on the quotes.
Glory b
@Melancholy Jaques: But the only way Republicans could win was to peel off enough Democrats to get a majority.
Redshift
I called both my senators this morning (Warner has no announced position as always, very annoying, Kaine had a social media post that he was a hard no, but people said staff were still saying no position.) Yesterday I got hooked up with a weekly zoom meeting that a group of activists have been having with Warner’s staff for eight years; I didn’t know about it until recently.
Nearly everyone on it spoke about opposing the CR (some spoke on other issues, but no one took the opposite side of that one.) There were also many calls to have in-person town halls, including in red areas of the state where GOP reps are hiding.
Old School
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: They don’t represent the base of the Democratic party. Their arrogance is astounding.
Base of the party votes for the said party.
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
Doesn’t matter. Anyone can ask any politician for anything.
Geminid
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I was reading veteran Capitol Hill reporter Jamie Dupree’s BlueSky account last night. He posted Thomas Massie’s criticism of the CR:
Dupree commented: “Fact check TRUE.”
Dupree also reposted Rand Paul wailing that this bill had none of cuts in USAID funding that DOGE had made, and that his vote would be a “HELL NO!”
Dupree commented:
I am aware that this bill does not exactly track the Biden budget. So is Jaime Dupree; he has keen eye for details like that. But I think Rep. Massie was generally correct when he said the House CR “extends the last year of the Biden agenda at substantially the same spending levels.”
That includes a $1.7 trillion budget deficit. If you think Democrats are mad about this bill, you ought to see all the Republicans on social media whose heads are exploding.
Old School
Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire will not seek reelection next year.
Baud
@Old School:
I’d imagine Sununu will try for that seat.
Redshift
@Baud:
The reason for asking them to vote no on the CR is to get concessions from Republicans. (Demanding an end to the lawlessness, at least getting a CR that doesn’t make it worse and gets us another opportunity sooner than September.)
Republicans need Dem votes to pass this, but they wrote a CR that not only gives the Dems nothing, compared to a clean CR it gives Trump goodies and cuts things Dems want. That’s not negotiating, and voting for it is just asking for more beatings.
Baud
@Redshift:
I’m not talking about the CR. The filibuster is a power the Dems still have for now. But the stories I see involve things that are not subject to the filibuster power. It’s pure only Dems have agency stuff.
Chief Oshkosh
@Baud:
Yeah, but that’s only because you were (and probably still are) pantless. So don’t be takin’ on airs, Mr. I’m-too-sexy-for-my-pants-dude.
Redshift
@Baud: Ah, sorry, I must have lost the thread trying to catch up. I hear ya, I deal with a bunch of younger work friends who are too often in the “Dems are useless, why don’t they doooo something?” crowd.
tobie
Phones must be ringing off the hook on Capitol Hill because I haven’t been able to reach a staffer in any of Chris Van Hollen’s or Angela Alsobrook’s offices in two days.
Glory b
@Baud: Why does every group harbor the conceit that they are the “base” of the party?
Melancholy Jaques
@schrodingers_cat:
That’s how I feel about the Teamsters.
I know, I know, #NotAllTeamsters.
WaterGirl
@Mr. Bemused Senior: I’ve lost track… who is the “he” that is currently being discussed in that exchange?
Baud
@Glory b:
I didn’t pay enough attention to see if they called themselves the base.
In general, however, It does get overused by people making demands.
WaterGirl
@schrodingers_cat: @Baud: From the link:
Melancholy Jaques
@Baud:
The day they won the House in 2010, Republicans announced they would shut down the government by refusing to raise the debt ceiling if Obama didn’t accede to their demands.
There are several reasons why their voters are so loyal & so high turnout. But doing what their voters want, being passionate about what they are passionate about, is certainly a big one.
Baud
@Melancholy Jaques:
Sure, but their voters also want less and are a more coherent and unified bloc than our voters.
ETA: Republicans still didn’t shut down the government when Dems had a trifecta.
Belafon
@WaterGirl: Continuing our democracy was nowhere near a top concern for the majority of voters on election day.
Baud
@Baud:
Looks like Schumer did say something.
Old School
@WaterGirl:
The ‘he” is Doug Piranha.
(The quote is from a Monty Python sketch, so the conversation kind of took a turn.)
Glory b
@Melancholy Jaques: The difference is that the Democrats have to keep a big tent together, the Republicans all pull in one direction.
Some of us want to defund the police, for example, others don’t.
Another is that the Republicans are relentless about voting, you NEVER hear them exhort each other to stay home. Democrats are the only ones threatening to withhold their votes.
They don’t often squabble with each other in public and if they do, those differences are put aside at election time.
jlowe
Today, I wrote to both Senators (Democrats) and Representative (Republican). Said they should vote no on the CR. Just vote no; don’t care about clean/unclean, it’s all just triangulation, not even sure what the words mean any longer. Said that government needs to be shut down until all unlawful acts are halted and reversed. Said that Congress is neglecting its oversight responsibility on the Administration.
Harrison Wesley
@Baud: So he’s trying to make “Palestinian” the new epithet, replacing the one he’s thinking and would rather be saying.
Ohio Mom
@Geminid: Yeah, I recognize that I have no political strategy skills, so I generally refrain from backseat driving.
Ohio Mom
@Old School: There’s a thought going around that Trump is trying to split American Judaism into two groups, his Ultra-Orthodox supporters, who voted for him and whom he will favor, and everyone else, the 70-80% of American Jews that vote reliably for Democrats, who he will crap on (“Schumer turned into a Palestinian”).
It’s an antisemitic move at its core. It also just might work. The ultra-Orthox have no use for Liberal Jews but most Liberal Jews (not me!) have a nostalgia for Orthodoxy and a commitment to the idea that we remain one people.
So far, I have not been able to convince anyone ony circles that they owe the Orthodox nothing. Maybe Trump’s shenanigans will wake them up.
WaterGirl
@Baud:
might be unlawful: ?????
IS UNLAWFUL.
Mr. Bemused Senior
Also appalling, despicable, atrocious, … not surprising.
[ETA “deplorable” isn’t strong enough.]
Ohio Mom
@Baud: I can tell you what’s going on in Cincinnati. There was a small Nazi demonstration recently, and in response, an anti-Nazi rally was planned.
The pro-Palestinian organizers refused to let representatives from the Jewish community speak — at an anti-Nazi rally! — because they say they are Zionists. Explanations that one can recognize Israel’s right to exist while abhorring its government fell on deaf ears.
I don’t feel personally threatened by Nazis demonstrating, or pro-Palestinian individuals being blatantly antisemetic, only extremely irritated.
I am alarmed when the government starts harnessing and arresting individuals for merely speaking their mind — I’m referring of course to Mahmoud Kahlil. Ironically, liberal Jewish groups are speaking on on Kahlil’s behalf (https://forward.com/fast-forward/703045/a-growing-number-of-jewish-groups-are-condemning-mahmoud-khalils-arrest/).
TBone
@rikyrah:
Awww! Thank YOU too!
P.S. share that shit everywhere if you want to!