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submitted 1 month ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the endorsement of one of the nation’s largest Muslim American voter mobilization groups, marking a significant boost to her campaign since many Muslim and Arab American organizations have opted to support third-party candidates or not endorse.

Emgage Action, the political arm of an 18-year-old Muslim American advocacy group, endorsed Harris’ presidential campaign on Wednesday, saying in a statement provided first to The Associated Press that the group “recognizes the responsibility to defeat” Donald Trump in November.

The group, based in Washington D.C., operates in eight states, with a significant presence in the key battlegrounds of Michigan and Pennsylvania. The organization will now focus its ongoing voter-outreach efforts on supporting Harris, in addition to down-ballot candidates.

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[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 month ago

Expect an immediate and massive wave of disinformation targeted to Muslim voters.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

You mean more than we see here on a daily basis?

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure they are talking about Meta. The DoJ is starting to look at breaking up companies and Meta will do everything they can to stop it.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, Lemmy, noted bastion of Republicans.

[-] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Islamophobia is normalized in Western Media

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Yes, but Lemmy is probably the least islamophobic platform out there, short of anything explicitly islamic.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

No, I've seen a couple people be blatantly islamophobic here, without even going into the weirdo instances.

There’s definitely islamophobia here, but it’s “soft” compared to most other online places. And I’m not using “soft” to excuse it, but that it tends to be less bad and less noticeable here (than reddit, twitter facebook etc).

Thats because .world is also a wierdo instance, it's just bigger.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I bet there are at least a few on .world

[-] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree, especially compared to places like Reddit or Twitter. I was referring more to how the humanity (or lack their of) of Muslims is framed in news articles by Western Media Outlets

[-] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Lemmy.ml, yeah. Republicans with the thinnest coat of red paint possible.

[-] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

To everyone. I was under the impression they endorsed Jill Stein, seems they are not?

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't be surprised if the pro-Stein disinfo increases too. It wouldn't be a coincidence...

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

This will be crucial in MI. I hope people are realizing that even though Joe and Kamala are not perfect in every aspect, Trump is the greatest threat for the future generations. A lot needs to change in terms of US foreign policy posture in Middle East but republicans are absolutely the wrong people to be in charge of that.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Maybe some people are just frustrated they are being told that the situation in America is far more dire than what's going on in the middle east, so we can't worry about that too much right now.

Funny how a nation full of immigrants can't seem to figure out why some groups of immigrants might care about more than just the country they currently live in.

This was essentially voters going on strike to try to effect change, and I can't say I'm against that. And look, everyone can calm down now because the strikes been called off.

[-] zabadoh@ani.social 23 points 1 month ago

Don't laugh.

In an election where the polls are statistically tied in the battleground states, a handful of voters could make a difference.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Who's laughing about this?

[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago
[-] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

God

These religious buffoons are all going to hell

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Too bad they don't believe that.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Maybe the democrats should take a harder stance on Israel publicly to win that vote then.

Or we could just throw shit at people until they can't advocate for themselves anymore.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

And risk losing the other side of the Isle. Yeah, take a hard stance and risk losing the election as a whole. Good strategy.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

If we lose the election by standing against apartheid and genocide then we deserve to lose.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

So who will you be voting for?

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

If the election was today democrat. Who knows though maybe Gaza will get napalmed by November.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

If we lose the election by standing against apartheid and genocide then we deserve to lose.

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Well between her and the man that implemented a Muslim ban….

[-] cowfodder@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

And said that he'd bring it back. And that he'd deport people who support Palestinians. And that he'd send federal troops into cities to round them up...

[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

You’d think would be more commonly talked about wouldn’t you… but nope.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

And is talking about deporting 18 million people from the US... Not of sound mind or good character

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

really it only makes sense.

the obvious glaring problem with all of these people who say they support the plight of the gazan people was that if they actually cared for and listened to what the gazan people were telling anyone who would actually listen to them, when it came to who the next american president should be they overwhelmingly said kamala harris.

these online activists were in effect doing the exact same thing that trump was doing with the border. they didn't care or cared very little about gazans other than using them as a tool to try to affect the kind of political revolution they jerk off to every night destroying the "corrupt duopoly" as their only real political goal.

it's good that a leading muslim organization a) listened to what gazans were saying b) considered all consequences of electing either candidate, not just the consequences regarfing gaza and c) knows that there is no such thing as a perfect political party or candidate and that demanding purity on an issue important to them is much likely to get them less influence.

hopefully this news shuts these people up for the next few weeks.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

"Perspectives that aren't mine are stupid and should be stopped."

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

they didn't care or cared very little about gazans other than using them as a tool....

Which is very fitting, as everyone seems to be doing that. "No you cannot come into our country and integrate and forget it ever happened, because that means Israël won. You need to stay in your predicament to make a point".

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Horrid title, but yeah.

Trump's view is roughly summarized as 'kill as many Muslims as possible and let god sort it out'.

I'd vote for anything better than that

[-] NastyNative@mander.xyz -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We are currently sending weapons to Israel to kill civilian Muslims. The current administration is not any better!

[-] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Project 2O25 is being implemented with or without Trump. Unless there is a massive wave in November we can expect this rightward push to continue. This country is for sale and the White Supremacists backed by Christians are ready to buy it.

[-] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

They'll have to rename it if Trump loses, though

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Simple, which candidate is more likely to stop the Israelis in the middle east? Trump or Harris?

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Neither. There has been no progress made. Biden keeps drawing lines and saying if they cross it blah blah blah, and then nothing over and over.

People should be upset the current administration is shielding Israel, its absurd. Its not the voters fault the government got caught with its pants down before a presidential election.

I want trump to lose as much as the next person but I'm not voting for the loser. Taking any criticism of the current government or democrats in general as helping the republicans is ridiculous.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

So we shouldn't vote for Trump or Biden, got it.

[-] criticon@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Jill Stein obviously

^/s

[-] archomrade@midwest.social -3 points 1 month ago

See everything is fine

[-] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc -5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm curious to hear what the "withholding my vote because palestine" idiots have to say about this.

Edit: give me those sweet, sweet downvotes you butthurt idiots. I shall wear them like a badge of honor.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Most of them were going to vote Kamala if nothing changed anyways. This is the equivalent of a group of workers going on strike. They are doing it to improve the company and their own lives, but they were always intending on returning to work.

Pinning the democrats to a wall so to speak about Israel is smart, its caused a ton more attention and discussion, and rightfully so as many americans had no idea what the relationship between America, Israel, and Palestine was really like.

And now everyone can calm down as the largest group has ended its strike and returned to work (vote). Its not stupid to use what little power you might have to try to advocate for change.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

A good portion of them are too young or Russian to vote anyway. And then there are just barely hiding the fact that they are Trump voters.

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

my guess: they'll ignore it, just like they ignore what the gazan and west bank people say who they want as president.

it's not about genocide or gaza for them.

it was never about genocide or gaza for them. just look at them scramble when you point out how their champion said nothing about what happened in ukraine and syria and those genocides (relevant since their champion was a known supporter of putin and assad).

it was only about disrupting the "corrupt duopoly" and having the ability to smugly declare their purity in not compromising their values on the ballot, the consequences of that vote which would affect all of us be damned.

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