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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 02:11:02 JST Aral Balkan

   “A democracy says you don’t silence the people. You do not stifle the people. You don’t turn off their microphones when they are speaking about the importance of life and liberty. That is not what a democracy does … they turned off the microphones. They tried to tell them to sit down and be quiet. … Because you know what? Can’t have those voices in that room challenging notions about who should say what and when and where. ‘Let’s expel them.’ (1/4)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 02:11:44 JST Aral Balkan

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     • LA Legault 🍉

     One Dem lawmaker worries the party will lose because ‘we did not treat these people with respect they deserve and instead just wished they’d go away’”

     – Kamala Harris, 2024 (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/dnc-shuts-out-pro-palestine-uncommitted-movement-1235085336/)

     Puzzled? Don’t be. You just learned what “Progressive Except Palestine” means.

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_except_Palestine

     Video via @LALegault… (3/4)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 02:11:45 JST Aral Balkan

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     Can you imagine? ‘Let’s get rid of them entirely.’ ‘Let’s remove them, not only for that moment, but remove these people who have been elected to represent the people. And let us decide who should represent the people.’

     …That is not a democracy.”

     – Kamala Harris, 2023 (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/04/09/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-fisk-university/)

     “The DNC Officially Refused to Put a Palestinian Speaker Onstage… (2/4)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 02:12:50 JST Aral Balkan

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     #IsraeliAmericanGenocideOfThePalestinianPeople #Israel #USA #US #KamalaHarris #hypocrisy #genocide #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #ProgressiveExceptPalestine #PEP #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank (4/4)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 03:24:32 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Breathe

     @Breathe Nice little conspiracy theory you got there, pal. Did you come up with that all by yourself or did your parents help?

   • Breathe (breathe@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 03:24:33 JST Breathe

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     @aral the Iranian government funded the, laughably inept, Palestinian effort to disrupt the DNC. We are not obligated to give a platform to undemocratic foriegn agitators at the DNC. Dont tell them Trump wants to deport them all. If they keep attacking Democrats they will regret it. When given a chance to elect leaders, Palestinians chose terrorist Hamas Millionares instead of smart compassionate leaders.

   • 2xfo (rndanger@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 03:27:33 JST 2xfo

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     • LA Legault 🍉
     • bouriquet

     @bouriquet @aral @LALegault
     Perhaps most important for Democrats to understand here: it's antisemitic to conflate followers of a faith with a national allegiance, especially when that nation is engaging in genocide.
     The Jewish faith should not be used as a political shield for rogue states to wave away scrutiny with.

   • bouriquet (bouriquet@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 03:27:34 JST bouriquet

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     • LA Legault 🍉

     @aral @LALegault Hypocrites. They’re so afraid of alienating Jewish voters.
     Sorry DNC. You’re supposed to support the rights of everyone.
     Palestinian people are not Hamas just like most Americans are not all MAGA

     Aral Balkan repeated this.