cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20641619

[Excerpt on #Gaza: “If you really care about Gaza, vote to have a voice, so you can do something about it. And then, be ready to turn out into the streets, in the millions, and fight for it.”]

Mark Hertsgaard
Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT

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    Because if there’s one person young people are just itching to hear from it’s 86 year old Jane Fonda…

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      i thought the same thing at first but i read the article and actually learned something about her. pretty cool lady who was politically active in her youth and still is.

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        I find this comment pretty surprising because all my impression of Jane is about her influential activism.

        Anti-war stance, HWPC, getting arrested 3 times at 80+ years old for climate change, supporting LGBTQ+s since 70s etc.

        I know all these and I’m just a random guy from Turkiye.

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        Sometimes she’s cool. Other times, she’s doing the racist “Tomahawk Chop” when watching Atlanta Braves games with her former husband, Ted Turner.

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                  I’m saying we all have horrible traits, even me and you. I’ve got native blood in my veins, among other races. Doesn’t stop my own family with the same blood from being racist against ourselves.

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              She did support Norrh Vietnam in their self defence against US colonialism, and US right wingers are still furious at her for doing that. And that just makes her cooler.

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                Not a right-winger, but a son of a Vietnam vet. I don’t have issues with peaceful protests. Kent State was a stain on our country. But protest the war and the politicians, not against the soldiers. Would rather her name not be connected to Harris/Walz.

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                  The soldiers who mass bombed civilian targets and dropped more bombs on North Vietnamese cities than where dropped during the entirety of WWII? Nah, fuck them.

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        I mean… just look at him… he’s like the grumpy grandpa that secretly spoils you rotten. (of course we listen… )

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    Do not sit this election out, no matter how angry you are. Do not vote for a third party, no matter how angry you are. Because that will elect somebody who will deny you any voice in the future of the United States … If you really care about Gaza, vote to have a voice, so you can do something about it. And then, be ready to turn out into the streets, in the millions, and fight for it.

    Well said