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DNC protests devolve into farce (www.washingtonpost.com)
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They said tens of thousands of protesters would be here. They claimed they would “shut down the DNC for Gaza.” Like the Chicago riots during the 1968 Democratic convention, their demonstrations would snarl the city, shake the party and doom the candidacy of “Genocide Joe.”

Then came Kamala Harris — and the protest fizzled.

Organizers anticipated there would be 30,000 to 40,000 protesters on hand for Monday’s kickoff. But only a few thousand showed up; police estimated 3,500

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[–] AstroGnomeical@mander.xyz 70 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yesterday I got temporarily banned from a conservative community for calling them out for pearl clutching about This. Exact. Thing. I told them in a week we'd forget about this. They were peaceful protests. No deaths, no property damage, none of that would add to their message.

Ok, the ban might be for calling out the mod about his name calling but the dude's a full blown fascist so I couldn't care less.

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 8 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, the ban might be for calling out the mod about his name calling but the dude's a full blown fascist so couldn't care less.

Lol

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Looks like they moved from the DNC to the Israeli consulate:

https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protests-today-dozens-arrested-after-pro-palestinian-anti-dnc-protesters-clash-cpd-outside-israeli-consulate/15212456/

200 protestors, 72 arrested.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

At least that makes actual sense.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yup. Protest the people actually doing the thing you hate.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hate my government, that I can have some small influence over, arming the perpetrators of genocide.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Talk to your rep, there's a process for that...

Except oh, no there isn't:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4821062-cori-bush-aipac-progressives/

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Can't tell if bitter or gloating.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Or protest the people/institutions supporting the war. Biden only got (very slightly) more balanced after the protests and Uncommitted votes were indicating that his election was at risk. None of them care if people protest Israel without having some demand for change from them. And Israel doesn't care what happens at its embassies if the US weapons keep flowing, so they'd also be perfectly happy with that result.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I can get behind this, it's incredibly sensible. The Israeli embassy is also considered Israeli territory, so it makes even more sense to protest there.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There were more than 200 protesters at the consulate yesterday.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

200 broke through the line.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, because there were WAY more than 200. Your comment makes it sound like there were only 200 and 72 were arrested

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

IMO doing real damage to the Democratic candidate's chance of being elected would have been the farce.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

because most of the "protesters" are just horseshoe theory agitators and professional chaos stirrers

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