After almost a year working and protesting alongside many members of the Muslim community in my city, I've learned a lot. They're not taking this "snub" of the Dems lying down. They are fervently "Abandon Harris" and pro-Jill Stein. We're really hoping to see a "Green Michigan" at the very least because it's not just the Arab community up in arms around here. It's students who are struggling with predatory student loans. It's working class folks who can barely afford to keep a roof over their heads. Jill Stein and the Green Party have a solid platform that speaks to all these groups and more. The only ones it doesn't speak to? Wealthy white neolib/Dems and Repugs who find "joy" in genocide.
The Zionist influence/support is much larger than the Muslim influence/support. In terms of math and logic - the Dems consider the Zionist influence/support to outweigh any loss from the Muslim base.
Even if the Dems were against Genocide (which they aren't), they would have more to lose by supporting the Muslim base than the Zionist base (which consists of Christian and Jewish Zionists).
The same logic applies to the Republican party. The fact of the matter is - the Muslim base is nowhere near as influential as the Christian base or the Zionist base.
Right you are, Gypsy. We have many Arab-Americans here who are of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic persuasion. (And many who are non-religious.) But all of them are tired of seeing their relatives being mass murdered on their phone screens daily. It's a powerful movement.
After almost a year working and protesting alongside many members of the Muslim community in my city, I've learned a lot. They're not taking this "snub" of the Dems lying down. They are fervently "Abandon Harris" and pro-Jill Stein. We're really hoping to see a "Green Michigan" at the very least because it's not just the Arab community up in arms around here. It's students who are struggling with predatory student loans. It's working class folks who can barely afford to keep a roof over their heads. Jill Stein and the Green Party have a solid platform that speaks to all these groups and more. The only ones it doesn't speak to? Wealthy white neolib/Dems and Repugs who find "joy" in genocide.
Would to God that you prove correct. However, Team D is convinced that it can win without Muslim support.
The Zionist influence/support is much larger than the Muslim influence/support. In terms of math and logic - the Dems consider the Zionist influence/support to outweigh any loss from the Muslim base.
Even if the Dems were against Genocide (which they aren't), they would have more to lose by supporting the Muslim base than the Zionist base (which consists of Christian and Jewish Zionists).
The same logic applies to the Republican party. The fact of the matter is - the Muslim base is nowhere near as influential as the Christian base or the Zionist base.
True, Chang, but it’s growing and remember that a great many Arabs are not Muslim.
Right you are, Gypsy. We have many Arab-Americans here who are of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic persuasion. (And many who are non-religious.) But all of them are tired of seeing their relatives being mass murdered on their phone screens daily. It's a powerful movement.
Yes, TRC, most of the Arabs in Flint where I grew up were Greek Orthodox.