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In reply to the discussion: I will stand up for Palestinian human rights and firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. They are the same job [View all]LeftInTX
(34,951 posts)problem. They have been too cozy with the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Hell, that's a political party and the Democratic Party needs to come out against them. PSL is trying recruit Democratic voters and Democratic activists in order to destroy the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party should denounce them, just like they denounce the Republican Party.
There are other oddball groups that I won't name.... Most are white in origin.
We need to elect Democrats. That's the party's job. Yes, the party has a platform, but we also need to be careful who we associate and protest with. I see groups like 50501 and Indivisible mingling with some things that I don't think is in our party's best interest. I don't see how blocking the hotel entrance where Erika Kirk was giving a speech helps elect Democrats and mingling with people who say, "We hate them and we want them to hate us" helps elect Democrats. I heard someone from a group that everyone loves here, that I will not name literally say this. "We want them to hate us" If the goal of protesting was to elicit hate in the public, we need to stop that. We need to elect Democrats. We need voters to give us a reason to vote for us.
"We want them to hate us" is not a winning strategy.