What is the most civil, polite, and acceptable way to protest a genocide and fascism?
Well, you obviously can’t use some words that might trigger some folks. For example, even as Israel is committing war crimes against Palestinians, occupying them, and expanding settlements, you can’t say “Free Palestine.” That makes you a terrorist sympathizer and de facto member of Hamas, according to the ADL.
You obviously can’t use violence, because that is only reserved for the state and its military apparatus, such as the IDF, which was allegedly ordered to shoot at unarmed civilians gathered at a food aid distribution site. That war crime isn’t as bad as a random punk rock band leading a crowd in “Death, death to the IDF!” chants at a concert. If you do that, you’ll lose your visa to the United States and be universally condemned; however, war criminals like Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will get a rapturous welcome and standing ovation from Republicans in America.
Don’t say slogans, unless of course you chant “MAGA!” then you can also be an actual violent insurrectionist, attack cops, and try to overthrow the country, and be pardoned by Donald Trump.
In America, if you’re Black, you’re supposed to get choked, shot, and killed by the police for simply existing. You can’t kneel quietly during the national anthem to protest the indiscriminate violence against your people, or else you’ll be banned like Colin Kaepernick. You can’t speak out like Lebron James, or else you’ll be told to just “Shut up and dribble.” You can’t publicly arm yourselves like the Black Panthers back in the day, because Republicans and the NRA will pass gun control laws. You also can’t say “Black Lives Matter” because that’s too divisive; however, you can get pardoned by Gov. Abbott for killing a man at a BLM rally.
If you’re brown, well, you just have to let masked, armed ICE agents terrorize entire communities and kidnap your loved ones and ship them off to a foreign dungeon without due process. If you protest, that means you support criminals and rapists. You also can’t be a peaceful student and advocate for Palestinians to be free because apparently that conflicts with U.S. foreign policy; however, joining Israel in a unilateral attack on Iran that could cause WW3 is perfectly fine.
This is the upside-down world. This is life in Israel and America.
There are obscene double standards and hypocrisies that must be maintained by those in power to silence the majorities around the world who are waking up and refusing to tolerate occupation, oppression, and injustice.
Now that Donald Trump has said he’s open to deporting U.S. citizens and stripping them of their citizenship, what is the appropriate language to protest his fascism?
I asked Palestinian American commentator and activist Omar Baddar to join me and discuss what is the “appropriate” way and best language to protest Israel’s genocide and American fascism.
Let me know your thoughts.
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