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            3 months ago

            “I’m speaking.”

            She has used this multiple times, but most recently it was to shut down people protesting the genocide of palestinians.

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              3 months ago

              Oh right. I actually heard about that but forgot when I saw OP. I don’t like the shirt anymore.

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              3 months ago

              Was the message/mission of those interrupting her material in why she said “I’m speaking”? I would assume she was holding an official press conference or something, and it was her turn to speak and it was not being honored.

              If my assumption is wrong, I’m happy to revise my opinion of it.

              If my assumption is right, it’s just people with hurt feelings who couldn’t wait their turn to speak (as this assumption requires that it was harris’ turn to speak.)

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                Describing people begging for a genocide to stop as just having hurt feelings and being impatient is a wild approach.

                Protests aren’t supposed to be silent. That’s the entire point and the only way to get anything done. If Harris was already campaigning on a ceasefire they would have nothing to protest about and she wouldn’t be interrupted. These are constituents making their voices heard.

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                  Were they protesting or at a press conference? That’s my point.

                  If she was addressing an active protest, then they had every right to keep speaking, and as I said, I revise my opinion.

                  So, which was it?

                  Edit I’m specifically not addressing the context they are protesting, I’m focusing on the setting this phrase was said by her.

                  Separately, becayse this is Lemmy and people don’t seem able to separate concerns:

                  Her stance on Israel and Palestine is no good, and what’s happening in Palestine is genocide.

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                    3 months ago

                    Protests are not effective if they can be ignored. THE ENTIRE POINT IS THAT IT ISN’T THEIR TURN TO SPEAK.

                    Edit: The politically adept way to answer protesters with a substantial base of support that you don’t want to alienate is to say, “I hear you.”