Comment by SonOfKyuss
2 days ago
Why would we protest? Our government isn’t supporting this action and in fact is considering direct intervention
2 days ago
Why would we protest? Our government isn’t supporting this action and in fact is considering direct intervention
It’s the latest talking point from ‘the Right’ to undermine US protests. You can see it multiple times in this very thread. Transparent and hollow.
Because innocent people are dying and western governments are capable of intervening but choose not to.
Your line of argument is an interesting one though. You're tacitly admitting that western protesters don't actually care about innocent Palestinians. They're just using Palestine as an excuse to undermine their governments.
A lot of American support for the Palestinian movement is a proxy for leftist anti-imperialist and anti-government sentiment, yes. Many Americans had never even heard of Palestinians or Gaza or any of it until it went viral on social media.
If the US weren't actively involved in aiding and abetting Israel's genocide of Palestinians, awareness and protest would probably be at about the level it that was for China's persecution of Uyghurs. Not nothing, but also not particularly radical.
> Your line of argument is an interesting one though. You're tacitly admitting that western protesters don't actually care about innocent Palestinians. They're just using Palestine as an excuse to undermine their governments.
That’s not true and definitely not the “gotcha” you’re looking for. Americans protesting on American soil, the actions of the American government supporting atrocities against lives they do care about seems perfectly reasonable. We’re not protesting against Iran in America because there’s no government action we want to stop. The administration already opposes Irans actions and has publicly stated that military intervention is being considered. There’s just a lot less for Americans to be mad at their government in this situation. That doesn’t mean people aren’t upset. They’re just not taking to the streets because there is less of a reason to ask the government to change direction they’re already going in. I’m not sure what is so hard to understand about that unless you’re intentionally being obtuse.