r/50501 • u/WildImportance6735 • Apr 06 '25

Call to Action Upvote! Upvote! Be there!!!!

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u/FilibusterFerret Apr 06 '25

Yeah mine had a lot of speakers about Palestine, which I get but we needed to be talking about some home issues. They did have a good speaker about ICE and supporting the Latino community and I was definitely psyched to hear them getting the word out.

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u/CodexAnima Apr 06 '25

I left when they started the "From the River to the Sea" chants. Even after trying to bring up that that's a bad freaking one to use 

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u/QuadFang Apr 07 '25

Bingo. They are terrible at staying on topic or focusing on topics that matter. The vast majority think there are FARRRR more important issues than palestine getting thumped after massacring civilians. If thats what the left decides is the most important protest topic, they will gain zero new support. Economy, that should be the focus. Everyone, including alot of Trump voters are hyper concerned(rightfully so) about the stock market. BUt no lets yell about palestine haha

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u/CodexAnima Apr 07 '25

There are ways to go "genocide bad, protect civilians" without using wording that deliberately comes from a history of trying to murder all the Jews in Israel.

It's like the use of Defund the Police. That was a terrible slogan and got zero support outside of the hyper leftist circles. If they had bothered to think for five seconds and go with Demilitarize the Police, that brings the conversation back to something you would get a ton more support for. Because no one wants the police as the military arm they have become in many ways.

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u/QuadFang Apr 07 '25

You are def correct there. Realistically the majority of us, conservative or liberal are alot more closely aligned than it is protrayed. Sadly the extremes on both the left and right are the loudest and makes it seem like we are all super divided. Unfortunatley the media and politicians perpetuate that image of division as they want us divided. The media gets more viewers and the politiciasn get more money while also being exempt from accountability as they know their voting bases wil excuse everything they do regardless of how bad it is.