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
Because if there’s one person young people are just itching to hear from it’s 86 year old Jane Fonda…
Bernie Sanders is 83, people listen to him.
I mean… just look at him… he’s like the grumpy grandpa that secretly spoils you rotten. (of course we listen… )
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.
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.
Sometimes she’s cool. Other times, she’s doing the racist “Tomahawk Chop” when watching Atlanta Braves games with her former husband, Ted Turner.
…or being photographed sitting on an anti-aircraft gun aimed at American service members.
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
