Why are Palestinian protests filled with feds?
Why are Palestinian protests filled with feds?
Went to a Palestinian solidarity protest/rally with some new folks who’d become radicalised against America/the West over the last six months. They aren’t socialists (yet, I’m working on it) - but they’re good people. So, seeing the genocide and its support by our governments filled them with disgust. We talked about the Nakba, the history of Zionism, and the current apartheid etc.
Now, we come to the protest.
Overall, the atmosphere was incredible. Lots of cool signs, different kinds of people, and, of course the pigs. That’s not the problem.
The problem was the fucking speakers. I swear, at least half of them had to be feds whose entire job was to turn people away from turning up at these events.
Some of them, and I mean this literally, wanted the crowd to chant “we support October 7” and “we stand with Hamas”.
I swear, the way the people I was with turned to look at me.
Not every speaker was like this - most were genuine. They talked of labor solidarity, campus organizing, personal anecdotes. But all of that made these speakers stand out all the more.
The worst part is that when it would happen, the organisers was one of them. So this entire thing was a sham from the start.
I feel so bad. I shouldn’t have just brought people to a random protest I saw and should’ve vetted it first.
Like, seriously. I can’t fucking get over this. Who organizes a protests of people from all walks of life in support of Palestine and wants them to chant we stand with Hamas and let’s do one hundred more October 7s?.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Like, of fucking course Hamas is a natural reaction to apartheid and ethnic cleansing and genocide. And of course Oct 7 is nothing compared to the 200 days that followed since (or the 75 years that preceded it). But come the fuck on.
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Trying to get the anti-semetic accusations to stick I would imagine. Not that the actions of Oct 7th and Hamas are, but the public would certainly perceive this as antisemetic.
hamas and oct 7th aren't anti-semitic and pretending they are is already caving to zionist narratives.
God forbid people being massacred by the country with a Star of David on their flag have complicated feelings. Completely racist double standards these HexBearian posters have setup on Hamas and their supporters.
But seriously, I hate this question, but how much evil does the Star of David have to be used for before it loses its original meaning and becomes just a hate symbol?
The swastika originally meant a bunch of shit in several different religions but the Nazis made that unacceptable in at least the west, and with the way Israel uses the Star of David I would be shocked if the same doesn’t happen. You can’t spray paint your religious symbol in an elementary school you bombed and not have people hate it.