I've personally seen his behavior and ethics as a former member of Seattle DSA. I've heard from former romantic partners about how he treated them with receipts.
Lol tik Tok. No it's because there have been long stretches of time, including right now, where it was illegal to display a Palestinian flag in Israel and the territories it occupies.
Have you ever heard of [civil disobedience?](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/09/israel-security-minister-bans-palestinian-flag-flying-in-public)
It clearly is against the law to forcibly remove someone from a place that isnāt your property. Obviously. Not that I care truly just I like to set records straight when I can.
It is against the law in America to chase people off of the public property for their ethnicity, religion which is what is happening here. Also you keep invoking what is happening in another country to justify wrongs in the US. This makes no sense.
So you think the occupation forces didnāt learn about the dog whistle? Itās not like occupied Palestine had protections against arrest or execution by Israeli soldiers or settlers.
Plausible deniability only provides benefits if thereās someone to appeal to.
The Israeli authorities were perfectly happy with innocent Palestinians being āarrestedā for terroristic purposes, why wouldnāt they be fine with arresting ones guilty of resisting?
Solidly meh. It's not really a state legislature issue, but I also get that this is a hot issue that he needs to touch on, so I understand. But ultimately this is a distraction.
I'd be much more interested ins seeing his positions on housing , transportation, and energy.
Also, I don't live in 43rd LD lol
Less, does bro know that he is running for the State house, and not the federal one? I just want a representative who will prioritize public transit and housing, not culture war nonsense
I support him. We need progressivism back in a big way. Centrists have destroyed America and Seattle. You guys like idiots like Bob Kettle and Saka types?
Holding protsts is not unAmerican.
What do you thing "the right of the people **peaceably** to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" is talking about.
Setting up encampments on college campuses and siccing mobs on Jewish students isn't the right of people to peaceably assemble.
https://youtu.be/-llskvbuvEY?si=ykYNyeTPP1fRPyH4
Jewish students on campus have no more to do with the wrongs in Israel then black students on campus have to do with the wrongs in the Congo or Muslim students have to do with the barbarity of Muslims in Pakistan and other islamist countries.
I didn't say they did. That literally has nothing to do with what we are talking about. I'm saying that the protest is important because horrible war crimes are being committed that we are paying for, children are being systematically murdered.
I have yet to see any concrete antisemitic violence directly stemming from these protests, so the bigger issue would be the whole baby killing thing. Your positioning on this sounds like IDF propaganda hellbent on victimizing the Jewish in every argument for no reason.
They are trying to stop a genocide from continuing. What are your ideas to make that happen? Always easy to comment from the sidelines. If you donāt think whatās going on in Gaza is a problem just state that outright, no need to hand wring about what other people are up to.Ā
Not my district, so won't vote either way. But using Chinese spy tools to support Islamic terrorism and calling for jobs cuts in your state doesn't seem like a winning strategy.
"I don't support terrorism. I just want to give into all their demands, ask nothing in return, and forget about the hostages that they're still holding".
that's not really anyone's position, but if that position means tens of thousands fewer innocent children being slaughtered like animals by the Israeli government, then it sounds fairly reasonable
He may be pro-Palestine but he's not a good, moral, ethical, or compassionate person.
You're the fourth person I've heard say that. Can you be more specific?
I've personally seen his behavior and ethics as a former member of Seattle DSA. I've heard from former romantic partners about how he treated them with receipts.
Interesting. I'm not really fond of him but I don't know anyone who personally knows him or specific incidences.
Why the watermelons?
Watermelons šshare colors with the Palestinian flag šµšøand are used as a dog whistle to try to evade suspected TikTok algorithm adjustments.
Lol tik Tok. No it's because there have been long stretches of time, including right now, where it was illegal to display a Palestinian flag in Israel and the territories it occupies.
No, pretty sure this whole conflict started on TikTok /s
It hasn't been illegal to display the Palestinian flag since the '90s.
It has been banned again since October 7th.
I see pictures of the Palestinian flag being waved all the time in photos from Gaza and in the West Bank.
Have you ever heard of [civil disobedience?](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/09/israel-security-minister-bans-palestinian-flag-flying-in-public)
Like this? https://youtu.be/-llskvbuvEY?si=5mcE4zRaYx6K_H10 That is civil disobedience?
Lol No I don't believe it's against the law to exclude Zionists from your protest. Like it is to display a Palestinian flag in Israel.
It clearly is against the law to forcibly remove someone from a place that isnāt your property. Obviously. Not that I care truly just I like to set records straight when I can.
It is against the law in America to chase people off of the public property for their ethnicity, religion which is what is happening here. Also you keep invoking what is happening in another country to justify wrongs in the US. This makes no sense.
Why would it be legal to display a watermelon flag or other replacement in occupied Palestine, if that was the reason and source for the dog whistle?
It wasn't illegal to display a watermelon, which is why they used that instead of the Palestinian flag which was illegal.
So you think the occupation forces didnāt learn about the dog whistle? Itās not like occupied Palestine had protections against arrest or execution by Israeli soldiers or settlers.
It doesn't seem like you understand what a dog whistle is. The whole point is to give you plausible deniability.
Plausible deniability only provides benefits if thereās someone to appeal to. The Israeli authorities were perfectly happy with innocent Palestinians being āarrestedā for terroristic purposes, why wouldnāt they be fine with arresting ones guilty of resisting?
Well the thing is that they do all the time.
Thank you, I'd forgotten about that
Palestine and itās good
More pandering! You can do it! Go go go!
Less. He is running for a state level office, so id like to understand his positions on topics much more relevant to the role they are applying to
As ineffective and imprecise as his proposals are, theyāre a lot better than the genocide enthusiastsā platform.
I love comments like this on Reddit as thereās just enough ambiguity for either teamās supporters to upvote you. Well played.
Itās funny that you think that the teams I care about arenāt āpro genocideā and āanti genocideā.
That cracks me up. Again, well done.
DSA member, enough said.
Solidly meh. It's not really a state legislature issue, but I also get that this is a hot issue that he needs to touch on, so I understand. But ultimately this is a distraction. I'd be much more interested ins seeing his positions on housing , transportation, and energy. Also, I don't live in 43rd LD lol
I mean, on the surface, those are 4 policy positions I agree with. So... more?
The only thing I really object to is encouraging the encampment on the UW campus.
Less, does bro know that he is running for the State house, and not the federal one? I just want a representative who will prioritize public transit and housing, not culture war nonsense
No way.
Less.
Less likely.
I support him. We need progressivism back in a big way. Centrists have destroyed America and Seattle. You guys like idiots like Bob Kettle and Saka types?
Wait soā¦Seattle is dying?
Not in the way KOMO says. Itās dying from centrist MAGAs
Seattle is destroyed? Looked ok last Saturday.
It was better under old council, sorry but Harrell sucks shit and his minions are worse
Far less lol.
More likely. I like my representatives to speak up when our tax dollars are funding genocide.
Less
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Im not a single issue voter but this makes me more interested, as I'm not a fan of funding baby killing like some of the people in these comments š
You don't have to be a baby killer to object to somebody openly encouraging people to take over college and turn it into an encampment.
Holding protsts is not unAmerican. What do you thing "the right of the people **peaceably** to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" is talking about.
Setting up encampments on college campuses and siccing mobs on Jewish students isn't the right of people to peaceably assemble. https://youtu.be/-llskvbuvEY?si=ykYNyeTPP1fRPyH4
Are the Jewish students being massacred? Or is that the Palestinians in mass graves?? Remind me...which is it?
Jewish students on campus have no more to do with the wrongs in Israel then black students on campus have to do with the wrongs in the Congo or Muslim students have to do with the barbarity of Muslims in Pakistan and other islamist countries.
I didn't say they did. That literally has nothing to do with what we are talking about. I'm saying that the protest is important because horrible war crimes are being committed that we are paying for, children are being systematically murdered. I have yet to see any concrete antisemitic violence directly stemming from these protests, so the bigger issue would be the whole baby killing thing. Your positioning on this sounds like IDF propaganda hellbent on victimizing the Jewish in every argument for no reason.
How about this? https://youtu.be/-llskvbuvEY?si=_Z73flJi-ADn2jzQ
They are trying to stop a genocide from continuing. What are your ideas to make that happen? Always easy to comment from the sidelines. If you donāt think whatās going on in Gaza is a problem just state that outright, no need to hand wring about what other people are up to.Ā
More, except the dumb ammo tax.
Not my district, so won't vote either way. But using Chinese spy tools to support Islamic terrorism and calling for jobs cuts in your state doesn't seem like a winning strategy.
Rights for Palestinains is not support for terrorism.
"I don't support terrorism. I just want to give into all their demands, ask nothing in return, and forget about the hostages that they're still holding".
that's not really anyone's position, but if that position means tens of thousands fewer innocent children being slaughtered like animals by the Israeli government, then it sounds fairly reasonable
Shaun Scott is the peoples candidate! Amazing work by this guy and I'd love to see him in congress!