Ocasio-Cortez, who changed her vote from no to present on Iron Dome at the last minute appears visibly upset. Appears to be crying on the House floor, in a hug with Rep. Jayapal— Marc Rod (@marcrod97) September 23, 2021
Yeah this is incredibly salient. Frankly if "oh she doesn't really have a choice" and things are so stacked against her, then why should we give a flying fuck about AOC or consider her part in the system as anything by another aid to genocide and apartheid.
I am fucking sick of how the feelings of a politician with massive public support over whether or not she can even perform performative shit about genocide once. I don't care if AOC is on our side in her heart of hearts, I care about the fact that we are still pretending someone is a socialist and can head some "movement" or anything when they cannot even perform opposition to genocide. My side is the Palestinians, not whichever Americans with power are willing to consider milquetoast bullshit. Tears dont stop missiles or prevent tanks from smashing homes down.
Have more empathy for the Palestinian than for the lib who says they feel bad that they had to vote "present" on an apartheid state. You get a choice, everyone gets a choice; and if an elected official cannot stand up then call them what they are. The position of a feckless liberal means nothing and if she cannot accomplish anything even performatively, then why does it fucking matter if she "plays the game"?
Yeah this is incredibly salient. Frankly if "oh she doesn't really have a choice" and things are so stacked against her, then why should we give a flying fuck about AOC or consider her part in the system as anything by another aid to genocide and apartheid.
I am fucking sick of how the feelings of a politician with massive public support over whether or not she can even perform performative shit about genocide once. I don't care if AOC is on our side in her heart of hearts, I care about the fact that we are still pretending someone is a socialist and can head some "movement" or anything when they cannot even perform opposition to genocide. My side is the Palestinians, not whichever Americans with power are willing to consider milquetoast bullshit. Tears dont stop missiles or prevent tanks from smashing homes down.
Have more empathy for the Palestinian than for the lib who says they feel bad that they had to vote "present" on an apartheid state. You get a choice, everyone gets a choice; and if an elected official cannot stand up then call them what they are. The position of a feckless liberal means nothing and if she cannot accomplish anything even performatively, then why does it fucking matter if she "plays the game"?