r/JewsOfConscience • u/richards1052 Jewish Anti-Zionist • Nov 08 '24

Opinion Harris's refusal to condemn Gaza genocide enraged young voters, who sat on their hands and cost her the election

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/opinion/democrats-israel-gaza-war.html
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u/PontifexIudaeacus Jewish Nov 08 '24

I really don’t think this was the reason, or that Israel/Palestine issues played any significant role in her loss.

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u/TinyZoro Jewish Anti-Zionist Nov 08 '24

I don’t agree. Maybe not on its own. But you can’t alienate your core vote as much as the Democrats do and expect to win elections against populists throwing red meat at their own supporters.

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u/FOH33 Nov 08 '24

AOC said that when most activists and organizers who usually are involved in the election are convinced that you are supporting a genocide, it gets hard to organize and get out the vote. It's not just the raw number of people, it's the fact that the people who usually support you the most and are most active sat this one out.

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u/IndyHermit Nov 09 '24 edited Nov 09 '24

I still can’t believe all those people endorsed genocide. People I love and respect endorsed the genocide in Palestine. It breaks my heart. No electoral victory could be worth doing that. No threat should be able to convince that many otherwise morally upright people to actively consent to the atrocities underway.

Harris should be ashamed. She stood before the world and proclaimed, I will pay soldiers to rape and torture innocent men and women, destroy family homes, murder babies in the most violent ways if only you will give me political power! Our nation has suffered a terrible moral injury. The democratic party is a toxic, abusive organization that uses sophisticated propaganda to manipulate the electorate to condone and participate in genocide. It makes me sick.