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All of the celebrating about inclusiveness and railing against Republican bigotry starts to ring hollow when you realize that the DNC stance on Gaza is basically rooted in racism. You cannot take credit for fighting racism if you’re perpetuating it against this one small group. Harris hasn’t spoken yet, so I’ll give her a chance, but she needs to demonstrate the forceful leadership all these speakers have been celebrating for the past three days. If she capitulates to the party on this, she’ll be teeing up the same sort of ineffective administration that Obama’s turned out to be. That’s not good enough.
Don’t be dense. Consider the context.
The DNC stance on Gaza is a direct result of the fact that AIPAC has a metric fuckload of money they’re going to deploy against her if she comes out too strongly against the Gaza genocide. It’s utterly fucked up, but we have Citizens United to thank for that. So the choice is between walking a fine line on public statements made before the election, and basically handing Trump a massive financial shot in the arm. I’m hoping she’s planning to put Netanyahu on notice after the election, and cut off military aid after she’s sworn in.
Having now heard her speech, I wouldn’t waste too much time on that hope you expressed.