Leading US imams and scholars urge Muslim voters to snub Kamala Harris over Gaza
Leading US imams and scholars urge Muslim voters to snub Kamala Harris over Gaza
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20911849
By Umar A Farooq in Washington
Published date: 30 September 2024 11:01 BST
Incoming anti-Muslim hatred from Liberals in 3...2...1...
Just bewilderment. Because snubbing Harris will get you Trump. Who's a great friend to Gaza /s. So cui bono?
Both are genocidal, letting the DNC get away with genocide solidifies their position. That's the logic, that the DNC can get away with literal genocide as long as they aren't the GOP, and in the eyes of Liberals, that's correct.
Both hate Arabs and Muslims, Trump is just honest about it. Both support Israel unconditionally, the reality on the ground will be exactly the same, only the rhetoric will change.
No but blindly vote blue
Trump would be worse than the 20 billion dollars of pre approved bombs I can assure you
No such thing as a bad Democrat candidate amirite
Vote blue until Gaza is through, amirite?
My truly white-hot take is that if I had to choose between Palestine being reduced to ash and losing me and my family's rights and Palestine being reduced to ash and me and my family not losing my rights...I'm going to take the option that involves me and my family not losing my rights lol.
And, to be frank, if I had to choose between helping a million strangers I've never met or not, with the lives of my family and friends on the line, I'd probably pick my family and friends over the strangers, regardless of the issue.
You can moan and cry all you want about "you are voting for genocide" or whatever - the fact is that the world is much larger than Palestine. Other things are at stake here. How the fuck are all those Palestinians (who are still going to be bombed by the Republicans btw) going to deal with climate change as its effects worsen when a Republican administration takes power in the US and rolls back all our climate protections and attempts to mitigate climate change? The global poor are FUCKED if we don't handle that shit as best we can ASAP. Full stop.
I'm personally not interested in fucking over every other person on the planet for Palestine. Is the genocide horrible? Yes. Should it be stopped immediately? Yes. Do I want it to stop? Also, yes. But can I in good conscience actively utilize my vote to wring my hands over genocide and allow an even worse scenario to play out? Fuck no.
There are more things at stake here than just Palestine. Shit sucks, but that's the world we live in and there won't be magical change just because you wring your hands and screech on the internet about how random people are "supporting a genocide by voting for Kamala" when any person with half a brain can see that the Republican party has acted the same way in the past and will actively accelerate it when given the chance (remember when Trump pissed everyone off by moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, effectively recognizing the stolen land there?). Grow the fuck up and see that the world isn't so simple - sometimes there are no good options, only mildly less shitty ones.
Finally a logical fucking comment. I'm sick and tired of people willing to let the US become a fascist hellscape so they can sit on a moral high horse while the US lets Israel glass half the middle east
None of these chickenshit cowards will respond because they know their arguments don't hold up under the weight of reality. All they have is "b-but Kamala is doing the genocide now and Trump might not do it" when that's so obviously false it's kind of stunning. It's how you know these fucks are either Republican trolls trying to undermine Kamala's campaign because they know their candidate sucks or they're just so marinated in propaganda and theory they lack the bandwidth to actually apply basic logic to even the most obvious of situations.
Because Trump and his party are known for being so supportive of Gazans. Idiots. Things DEFINITELY won't get better under Trump for anyone.
I'm going to be blunt and straightforward about this.
According to Wikipedia, Islam is the third largest religion at 1.1% at about 3.5 million people. Compared at Judaism is at 2.07% at about 7.5 million people.
On the issue of supporting Israel for their horrible acts on the regions surrounding them, morality aside and by just looking at the numbers, if you get 100% of the Muslim American support, you would need about 2 million Jewish Americans to break even.
Which I think is more doable than ignoring the Muslim American population and hoping 47% of the Jewish American vote offsets the 3.5 million Muslim American vote.
Also if they have to appease the corrupt war companies that fund the party, just send the weapons to Ukraine.
Remember that many of those Jewish Americans are either anti-zionists or don't care either way. Meanwhile almost every single Muslim American cares about the issue and will likely vote Democrat if they do anything but actively cooperate with genocide.
100%, Dems are throwing the election.
If just going by votes, it makes me wonder what is holding the Democrats back from getting the Islamic American voters.
It can't be just be the war companies, they can just send those arms to Ukraine.
Hundreds of humanitarians and journalists were murdered in Gaza. That should be enough not to support them.
I saw a poll 3~6 months ago finding israel is ranked like the 4th issue for American Jews. The overwhelming majority don't care about it enough to change their vote for it. They certainly won't vote for Trump over a Democrat arms embargo on israel.
That's interesting and happy to hear that.
Considering that the KKK endorsed Trump, their only option is either voting third party or not voting if they decide not to vote Democrat.
You can't just look at the total numbers and %'s because not every vote has equal weight, the way the electoral college is set up and fptp elections means votes in contested states and districts count for much more than if you're from a highly partisan area.
Have they not thought about how much worse Trump will be? They are dark skinned immigrants they will be persecuted here and he will let Israel do what ever it wants to the Palestinians.
Trump: bans Muslims from the USA as one of the first things he does as president. Muslims: he's our guy!
What makes you think they support either genocidal candidate? If hitler harris wants those votes, she just has to stop supporting genocide; it's not that hard.
Unless you think demanding someone to not support genocide is too much?
Republicans: literally write "finish them" on Israeli bombs.
Lemmy.ml users: the important thing to learn here is not to vote for the more leftwing candidate. Only by giving electoral success to the most right wing party will we convince the more moderate party to move left. They will see the right win and all the polling show that right wing policies win elections and will realise that they should do the opposite of what the republicans did to gain power.
Trying to use Gaza on either candidate is stupid. Genocide is a US thing, it has nothing to do with political parties.
If anything we have more chances of seeing change once Kamala is in office than Trump.
Trying to use Gaza on either candidate is stupid. Genocide is a US thing, it has nothing to do with political parties.
So we need to abandon them entirely and either elect a new party or overthrow the state.
If anything we have more chances of seeing change once Kamala is in office than Trump.
Ah, "thoughts and prayers," same as always.
So I'm going to preface this by saying how I feel about the situation. I'm furious that Biden and the Democrats aren't just... y'know, fucking stopping this shit. I'm furious that the administration isn't doing more to end the goddamned genocide. It makes me feel sick to think that the executive branch of my country isn't denouncing what's happening. The Democrats are supposed to be the party for compassionate people. I consider myself to be a compassionate person, and the Democrats are absolutely failing to represent me.
I'm sure there's some realpolitik going on there, but like, realpolitik can suck my asshole when my taxes are paying for bombs and missiles that are being used by a different country in an unjust war to kill innocent people in a genocide.
Make no mistake, I want this shit to end right the fuck now. I want Israel to fuck off back to their borders. I want the hostages to be traded, I want Palestine to be a full state in the UN with defensive treaties. I want Bibi and the people who enabled him to be tried for crimes against humanity. I want Israel and the United States to pay reparations and to foot the bill for the rebuilding of Palestinian infrastructure.
I want change. I am tired of the Democrats. Shit, I think there are a lot of people tired of the Republicans. Nobody is happy with the way out system works. I look at other countries with coalition governments and a large number of specific parties and I wish that I could have that. I would absolute love to have a party that represents my values and desires.
With all that said, I just don't think that we will be able to enact meaningful change in 30ish days. To enact change within the confines our current system, we would need to convince tens of millions of people to vote for a candidate that truly represents them in that timeframe. Given the constricting nature of our two-party system, I think many people wouldn't know who that is. I certainly don't know who would represent me. It certainly wouldn't be Jill Stein, to provide an example of a third party candidate. I'd vote for Bernie Sanders, but he's not running for president. His election would require tens of millions to write his name on their ballots.
Many of the people who don't feel represented by our government with regards to Palestine currently vote for the Democrats. If we were to all switch in unison and vote for someone who would truly stop this shit, then we could enact our change. I believe that there's just no way to do that in a month.
If we try to enact change right now and fail, then we will likely end up with a violent, narcissistic rapist as the head of our government who will continue to implement blatantly christo-fascist policies. Christo-fascists do not like people of the Islamic faith, and Donald Trump has promised to wipe out Palestine if he is elected. He cannot be trusted to act according to what he has previously said (which, speaking from experience, is the fashion of all malignant narcissists who are not being treated for their PD), but there is a chance that he will follow through on his word and will speed up the genocide of the people of Palestine.
There are two primary candidates. One candidate will likely maintain the monstrous, awful, status quo. The other candidate may or may not direct the most powerful military force in the world to level Palestine and order the destruction of every man, woman, and child within its borders. The former gives the people of Palestine more time while to survive while we try to unfuck our system. It's not a guarantee, but it's a chance.
Earlier, I said that realpolitik can suck my asshole, and that's what this feels like. It's shit and I hate it and it makes me feel gross. None of this brings back the lives of those who have already died, and my choice probably wouldn't really be appreciated by a Palestinian who is trying to survive the bombs I'm paying for. I won't shame anyone who cannot live with themselves if they vote for Kamala Harris. People are entitled to their beliefs, and living out of compliance with them can be very harmful. However, I feel compelled to at least present an emotional argument against a vote for a 3rd party candidate (or no vote at all) in this specific situation.
Yes, you need to abandon both and elect a new party of overthrow the state. That's been the solution for the last 30 years, but y'all aren't going to do that, so forgive me for discussing actual plausible scenarios.
If anything we have more chances of seeing change once Kamala is in office than Trump.
This isn't even hopium it's just straight up delusional.
Do you know what "if anything" means in this context? It means we are unlikely to see a difference between parties, if we do (which we wont) it would be more likely to be on the democrat side.
Youre delusional to think a Trump admin wouldn't be far worse for Gaza and Ukraine
She is part of the current administration and has not been against all the weapons we send israel to kill innocent people. If anything we had peace during the trump administration. The proof is in the pudding!
The proof is indeed in the pudding, Trump spent 4 years disbanding state, federal and international protections, as well as getting cozy with North Korea, China and Russia. Topping it all off with an attempt to overthrow the government, stalling the succeeding administration
Then he openly admits he would add Ukraine to the list of US supported genocides. You aren't making the argument you think you're making.
Damn she should probably change her policies to not supporting genocide if she wants those votes
I won't blame someone for not supporting a genocidal pig.
Anyone parroting those tired talking points who thinks Trump would be less of a problem for Gaza or the Palestinians needs to get their head examined.
Trump has already demonstrated that he's Netanyahu's bitch.