The perversity of voting for Trump, and/or not voting for Harris, because of Gaza
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These incredibly horrifying stories just emphasize the barbarity of what’s been happening in Gaza and Israel since October 7th of last year:
The White House says it has protested to Israel over last night’s IDF strike on a hospital compound in central Gaza that led to “horrifying” images of displaced Palestinians being burned alive when their nearby tent camp caught fire.
“The images and video of what appear to be displaced civilians burning alive following an Israeli airstrike are deeply disturbing, and we have made our concerns clear to the Israeli government,” a White House National Security spokesperson tells The Times of Israel.
“Israel has a responsibility to do more to avoid civilian casualties — and what happened here is horrifying, even if Hamas was operating near the hospital in an attempt to use civilians as human shields,” the spokesperson adds in a statement.
I’ve been reading lately about Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, which of course was a very different situation in many ways, but one thing that the two situations have in common is how governments generate and exploit propagandistic lies to enable them to commit atrocities on a mass scale.
Meanwhile, a friend writes:
My nephew is in his early 30s and lives in Hamtramck [Detroit suburb with large Arab-American population]. A white male with a college education. He is a one-issue voter. Gaza. He accuses Kamala of genocide in Gaza. I asked him how trump’s presidency would benefit the Palestinians more than Kamala’s. He said Gaza would fare no worse under trump. He supports Talib Rashid. He blames Kamala for America’s support of Israel. He accepts the mayor of Hamtramck’s support of trump. He claims the support is reasonable because trump’s first term proves trump is not a warmonger.
My nephew insists that January 6th wasn’t a big deal it was just theatre. He is cavalier in his assessment of the event lumping both parties together. In short, he is willfully ignorant of the dangers trump presents to our democracy.
I was able to pin him on the ACA. My niece has a preexisting condition, and he expressed concern the ACA might be eliminated. He thinks Trump talks one thing but will do another, so he isn’t worried about ACA repeal.
He lives in an ideological fantasy world where those in power are the same and equally bad. I’m concerned. I think he is somewhat representative of his demographic. They are young, white, educated males, wannabe rebels without a clue. They are willing to risk burning down the system on the chance that it will be remade better.
He is firmly against Kamala. He claims he won’t vote for trump. I have my doubts.
Sorry for the rambling diatribe. I couldn’t sleep.
If Harris loses, outrage among younger people especially about the US role in the Gaza invasion may well end up having been a decisive factor, especially in Michigan for obvious reasons.
No it doesn’t make any sense, but what about any of this does?