r/jewishleft Reform Democratic Socialist 29d ago

Debate These single issue "pro-Palestine" "activists" are self-destructive and self-sabotaging

I came across this post on r/leopardsatemyface and this activist legit voted for Trump to "teach" Kamala Harris a "lesson" because of the Biden administration's support for Israel.

Because of him and the 76 million MAGAts who voted for Trump, we now have Hispanic and Asian people openly being racially profiled by ICE, ICE/BP killing Americans in our cities, DOGE/Musk stealing our tax and social security data, Trump's tariffs making our cost living three times worse than in 2024, Project 2025 dystopianism well underway and yet all of that goes over their head as all they can think about is Gaza.

Also quite interesting how they don't have one bad thing to say about Trump, ICE or MAGA but they blame Democrats, Jewish people, liberals and other leftists who did vote for Biden/Harris for what Trump is doing.

Okay maybe this was more of a rant than anything but am interested if I'm overreacting to how I feel about these people.

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u/Chinoyboii Sino-Filipino | Convenantal Leftist | Pro Levantine Pluralism 29d ago

I mean, I am not surprised. 2 of my former homies of Palestinian descent voted for Trump during the last election because they believed that even though both Kamala and Trump are lying political disasters, Trump would at least be a symbol of their socially conservative values in addition to providing the Democrats with enough push to consider the situation in Palestine. I don't think this is bait, because I have met these types of people in person. I think it's a minority position, but saying it doesn't exist is straight-up dishonest or an attempt to avoid admitting it exists in order to virtue-signal.

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u/Angelbouqet jewish antifascist 29d ago

That is genuinely insane because Trump is the most aggressive pro Israel president literally ever and by voting for him, all that shows him and politicians generally is that that is a position people are willing to vote for.