It’s more than messaging. Before he was just letting his staffers leak that he thought Netanyahu was a super mean bad-man while he did literally nothing. After Michigan he began aid drops on Gaza, he’s building his temporary shipping port, the Democrats are calling for Netanyahu to step down, and they’ve abstained from a UN ceasefire vote.
Don’t get me wrong, all of this is entirely insufficient. If Biden wanted to really make a difference, he would stop approving military aid to Israel and resume funding UNWRA. That should be the bare minimum of acceptable actions in the face of a genocide. That being said, what he’s doing now is more than just talk, it’s action. Entirely inadequate action.
Me waiting for someone to point at any time withholding your vote actually brought about measurable change in a positive direction.
Witholding your vote just means you give more chances to the person you least want to see in power.
In my district, in my state legislature, the other guy won by one vote in one election, and prevented a majority.
Does unintentionally bringing positive change count?
If the intention of withholding your vote like a boycott is to get a political operative to make a change, the change must be on purpose.
Biden changed his entire Israel policy overnight because of people voting Uncommitted in the Michigan primaries.
He changed his entire messaging.
It’s more than messaging. Before he was just letting his staffers leak that he thought Netanyahu was a super mean bad-man while he did literally nothing. After Michigan he began aid drops on Gaza, he’s building his temporary shipping port, the Democrats are calling for Netanyahu to step down, and they’ve abstained from a UN ceasefire vote.
Don’t get me wrong, all of this is entirely insufficient. If Biden wanted to really make a difference, he would stop approving military aid to Israel and resume funding UNWRA. That should be the bare minimum of acceptable actions in the face of a genocide. That being said, what he’s doing now is more than just talk, it’s action. Entirely inadequate action.
Electoral boycotts have a pretty deep history. You should probably look into that before sticking your foot in your mouth.
So instead of providing one example, your response is “do your own research”?
Ok.