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elleng

(131,391 posts) Wed Nov 15, 2023, 10:21 PM Nov 2023

WTF are people protesting outside the DNC??? [View all]

Anti-Israel protests erupts into violence outside the DNC Headquarters in DC - sparking police to make dozens of arrests as activists try to storm the building.

DAMN!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12755369/DNC-Israel-palestine-Washington-protest-clash-video-police.html

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WTF are people protesting outside the DNC??? [View all] elleng Nov 2023 OP

Link? Mossfern Nov 2023 #1

Here: elleng Nov 2023 #5

More Here (w/Video): VernaF Nov 2023 #20

According to Congressman Brad Sherman they are pro-Hamas and have Jose Garcia Nov 2023 #2

so media equates elleng Nov 2023 #9

actually that appears to be a congressman who is stopdiggin Nov 2023 #17

My bet is they're RightWing opportunists like at Floyd protests blm Nov 2023 #22

They say they are Dems womanofthehills Nov 2023 #67

No Dorian Gray Nov 2023 #87

You know... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #91

I never said they committed ALL the trouble. blm Nov 2023 #98

The effect of your posts, for all practical purposes, is to have wave away the violence as someone else's doing. Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #111

My perspective is legitimate blm Nov 2023 #112

Be that as it may... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #113

Never said left doesn't act badly. That's exactly blm Nov 2023 #114

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, which is entirely possible... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #115

Suit yourself. I am pointing out the opportunism blm Nov 2023 #116

Pointing out the opportunism of these right wing groups is fine... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #117

We should ALL take offense to the characterization as "Pro-Hamas" WarGamer Nov 2023 #26

Sherman has been problematic with his constant equating of all protests against mass slaughter of civilians with being Celerity Nov 2023 #49

How, then, would you describe the chanting of " from the river to the sea?" question everything Nov 2023 #52

Remember! It's aspirational. EllieBC Nov 2023 #59

Ass peration anal Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 #61

I love it! NT EllieBC Nov 2023 #68

Rec TY Cha Nov 2023 #70

LOL, similar to what it mean to ass u me question everything Nov 2023 #99

Rec. Were they actually chanting From the river to the sea? Cha Nov 2023 #71

I have. yardwork Nov 2023 #101

They are not pro Hamas - they are Jewish Voice for Peace womanofthehills Nov 2023 #64

Sorry... JVP *is* pro-Hamas FBaggins Nov 2023 #86

They sure are. They may not have started out that way, but this is what they have evolved into: JohnSJ Nov 2023 #103

Why is claudette Nov 2023 #84

Great, now the media can both sides themselves to death Walleye Nov 2023 #3

And the rest of us. elleng Nov 2023 #16

the Daily Mail (we call it the Daily Heil in the UK) is a RW accelerationist, anti-left hype-hype shit rag Celerity Nov 2023 #42

Very poor optics and timing superpatriotman Nov 2023 #4

How does it make Democrats look bad? LuvLoogie Nov 2023 #15

No doubt some are RightWing agitators using the protest blm Nov 2023 #28

Absolutely.. I don't think it hurts Dems though.. Cha Nov 2023 #79

found this video (Thank You Capitol Police!) rollin74 Nov 2023 #6

They need to be arrested GuppyGal Nov 2023 #8

Good Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 #62

TY & Thank You, Capitol Police!! Cha Nov 2023 #77

So the cease fire advocates were being violent? GuppyGal Nov 2023 #7

Yeah. I don't get it. Deuxcents Nov 2023 #12

O geez during Vietnam, we had people bombing universities in the name of peace LeftInTX Nov 2023 #76

And why does claudette Nov 2023 #85

Hmmm Dorian Gray Nov 2023 #88

Wow claudette Nov 2023 #89

I don't automatically think it's pro Hamas but this ceasefire would be one sided. Hamas would not abide. GuppyGal Nov 2023 #95

I certainly don't claudette Nov 2023 #106

Sounds like pro-Hamas/pro-terrorism demonstrators. tritsofme Nov 2023 #10

NBC story TheProle Nov 2023 #13

'Pro-Palestinian.' elleng Nov 2023 #21

These ones seem pretty pro-Hamas to me. tritsofme Nov 2023 #23

They're Noam Chomsky's group, "Jewish Voice for Peace" LeftInTX Nov 2023 #32

Noam Chomsky's group LeftInTX Nov 2023 #30

Means what? Don't appear peaceful, to me. elleng Nov 2023 #38

More info about Jewish Voice for Peace LeftInTX Nov 2023 #40

Just what NO ONE needs. elleng Nov 2023 #47

Seriously? SCantiGOP Nov 2023 #60

Whatever they are.. they're NOT helping their cause Cha Nov 2023 #78

Hamas sympathizers? They are everywhere...nt LexVegas Nov 2023 #11

according to DU posters - there is no such thing stopdiggin Nov 2023 #24

Theyre in my town in Missouri xmas74 Nov 2023 #72

Remember the RightWing opportunists like at the Floyd protests. blm Nov 2023 #14

In that case it was true but in this case it's Islamists JI7 Nov 2023 #29

Rec TY Cha Nov 2023 #80

+1 leftstreet Nov 2023 #39

Pooty Poot's grubby fingers are probably all over this, too. GoCubsGo Nov 2023 #93

I know calling people idiots isn't nice, but these people are idiots. madaboutharry Nov 2023 #18

I don't understand this at all...... Takket Nov 2023 #19

White Nationalists went to Floyd protests to agitate violence. blm Nov 2023 #25

This is an anti-war group called Jewish Voice for Peace LeftInTX Nov 2023 #34

RW opportunists posed as BLM sympathizers. blm Nov 2023 #36

The Anti-Defamation group calls them a hate group. They aren't right wing. LeftInTX Nov 2023 #37

I'm referring to the RW agitators blm Nov 2023 #46

Not every Jew hating bigot is a Rw bigot. EllieBC Nov 2023 #53

I get that, but, RW opportunists seize these protests blm Nov 2023 #56

Repeating your unsubstantiated assumption over and over doesn't make it true. onenote Nov 2023 #41

It turned out to be true during Floyd protests blm Nov 2023 #50

Thank you for your patience and resolve... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #90

Thank you for hearing. blm Nov 2023 #96

Sure inthewind21 Nov 2023 #108

Or your news sources ignored results of the investigations. blm Nov 2023 #110

Chomsky was not the founder. Jewish Voice for Peace was founded by Julia Caplan, Julie Iny, and Rachel Eisner in 1996 in Celerity Nov 2023 #63

Wikipedia lists Noam Chomsky LeftInTX Nov 2023 #69

Wikipedia is in error, as I showed. It's source article is incorrect. I even posted a much older Celerity Nov 2023 #81

Did you know inthewind21 Nov 2023 #109

it's the whole "Dems haven't done enough" stopdiggin Nov 2023 #33

Because they like to be thorns in people's sides. Now they can try to get Democrats to support their "martyrdom" LeftInTX Nov 2023 #44

GOOP is gonna support Israel no matter what Kennah Nov 2023 #57

If they are storming the building they need to be dealt with severely. LiberalFighter Nov 2023 #27

🚨NEW: A large group of violent anti-Israel protestors have stormed the headquarters of the DNC tonight, demanding "Ceas riversedge Nov 2023 #31

Fuck their Violence at the Cpaitol Police... Cha Nov 2023 #82

you know, WhiteTara Nov 2023 #35

Probably believe Democrats can put pressure on President Biden to convince Israel to call a cease fire MichMan Nov 2023 #43

Yes - also most Jewish Democrats in congress are supporting Israel LeftInTX Nov 2023 #45

Hakeem Jeffries was there too with a very Cha Nov 2023 #83

Rep. Sean Casten FelineOverlord Nov 2023 #48

Thanks elleng Nov 2023 #51

The ADL documents their devolution into an extremist organization. madaboutharry Nov 2023 #54

What a mess duckworth969 Nov 2023 #55

They are MichMan Nov 2023 #58

Congress and state legislatures need to codify in law what lawful protest is,... Mark.b2 Nov 2023 #65

'Among other cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. elleng Nov 2023 #66

free speech yes bottomofthehill Nov 2023 #73

Then hopefully, the broken laws are enforced... Mark.b2 Nov 2023 #75

Thanks for the link, elleng... Mark.b2 Nov 2023 #74

Statement by Rep. Debbie Dingell from my state MichMan Nov 2023 #92

The attack on Israel is being used to divide the US. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #94

The violent opportunists always sneak in blm Nov 2023 #97

Idiots mcar Nov 2023 #100

Getting ready for a redux of the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention. It is just bullshit. Peaceful protest JohnSJ Nov 2023 #102

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #104

Why at the DNC? RubyRose Nov 2023 #105

Probably the same idiots ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #107