The protests that happened at the macy's day parade are so important specifically because they tried to stop people from finding out about them. I watched the whole parade and didn't see a single sign or protestor, because try as they may to claim the show is live, they've been doing this for decades, they have full control over what footage the camera's capture and when ads conveniently cut away from what's happening. I found out from the few people still talking about the protests that there were any happening at the parade today.
They know we're all getting so tired and sad of hearing about what's happening. They want to make it as difficult as possible for us to interact with it, in hopes that we give up. They want you to say "It's Thanksgiving, we deserve a break from hearing about this."
I know that it hurts and it's stressful to try to help, but we have to keep going if we want anything to change. The writer and actor strikes were successful because they didn't give in.
It doesn't have to be much, you don't have to spend your days doomscrolling footage and fighting zionists. Just email your representatives each day, boycott businesses that support Israel, and hang on tight. As long as there is hope, there is a way through. The Palestinian people will be free.
To the person who held up the Palestine flag on the float during the Macy's parade and full-ass made the news broadcast cut away. Know that you are a hero and there is nothing but respect for the absolute balls it took to do that on live TV.
Pro-Palestinian Protestors disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade to advocate for Palestine and the reactions on the internet has been interesting. A couple of sentiments have been expressed on the internet that I think we need to think over for a little bit.
“Don’t bring politics into a national tradition”
Are y’all babies?
This is not a holiday tradition. This is a capitalist tradition in which they gloat over how much they made and remind you to buy from their upcoming sale by creating a parade on a street that police had to clear the homeless people from to not break the illusion for you.
Being nostalgic and refusing to acknowledge its implications is okay if you are twelve. Politics rule your life. Stop running from reality.
“I am all for protests but don’t disrupt normal life.”
Do you have a two digit IQ?
Do you have the critical thinking skills of a two years old?
The point of protesting, is to disrupt normal life. The point is to give the powers to be enough of a headache that they will do what the people want. Protests are first, and foremost, a form of disruption.
I understand that people are seeking their comforts, but when people are actively dying as you speak, don’t you think that maybe, just maybe, stopping their death should take precedence over your comforts when your taxes are funding said killing?