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"A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday which would send “any person convicted of unlawful activity” at a college or university, to do community service in Gaza for six months."

"Strangely, the bill appears to refer to any “unlawful activity on the campus of an institution of higher education beginning on and after October 7, 2023” but does not specifically mention the ongoing student protests, rendering it stupidly broad."

"Ogles spoke with Fox News about the bill, saying that, “If you support a terrorist organization, and you participate in unlawful activity on campuses, you should get a taste of your own medicine. I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Putting Trump in charge doesn't hold Democrats accountable. It would move them further to the right, which is the exact opposite of you want. They don't care about disinterested non-voters, they only care about courting those that do show up to vote.

Change needs to come from within. Organize within the DNC. Primary their candidates. That's how you get people like AOC elected. Once the primaries are over, there's no shot at moving them further left.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is still 5 months until the election. 5 months in which the current DNC leaders can be pressured to change course.

Don't buy their bullshit that you have no power over them. I fully agree with you to organize though. Make your voices heard with them, but tell them fair and square that there is no vote for genocide supporters.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's no incentive for them to change course now. That ship has sailed. They know the alternative is Trump and that's objectively worse.

During primaries, you have power. There they can be voted out without Trump's spectre looming over the election.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There’s no incentive for them to change course now.

If people say: "Stop the genocide, or we will not vote you" there is plenty of incentive to change course now. But people arguing the opposite, claiming it is pointless and that the people have no power are diminishing the power of the people. This is why the DNC is pushing this narrative so heavily. They want you to be demotivated and feeling powerless. It is the same strategy like with the oil companies and climate change.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

In a 2 party FPTP system, the people don't have that power. That's the point. The DNC can just shrug it off and say "okay, then Trump wins, and that's even worse". The DNC can survive a Trump term. Gaza may not.