Librul guilt over Palestine

Abdaljawad Omar weighs in first of two pieces, at Mondoweiss. In case the "librul" doesn't tip your hat, maybe the /s that kool kids use will. Actually, it's more than snark, it's sarcasm.

After noting many possible causes for Harris' defeat, he notes that librul Democrats refuse to accept reality on Gaza as a partial cause:

But one slightly uncanny phenomenon was the fact that many liberals flocked to social media, eager to lay blame on the Palestine movement for the Democrats’ historic defeat. There some wrote vile comments accusing minorities and third-party voters of being behind the historic defeat in the presidential elections, and figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have alluded to this growing discourse on social media, where the ongoing genocide has emerged as a dominant factor in the Democratic Party’s recent loss. In her statements, AOC appears to acknowledge the relevance of the genocide to the Democrats’ defeat, yet she insists that a constellation of other factors was equally instrumental.

There you go. I've seen plenty of that on Shitter myself, made Shitter in the last few weeks by BlueAnon as much as MAGAts.

Then there's this (read the full original for more):

For these liberals, Palestine remains something peripheral, positioned at the margins of their consciousness, never a central or pressing issue. It is a reality to be acknowledged just enough to maintain the illusion of awareness. ...

In keeping Palestine “out there,” comfortably distanced, they refuse to see how this ongoing violence reverberates, how it shatters the moral architecture of the world they believe they inhabit, and how fascism returns to the imperial core with vengeance. ...

To declare that Gaza cost the Democrats the White House reveals a buried awareness of culpability. ...

In essence, the Democrats understand that their steadfast support for Israel, amid its genocidal actions in Gaza, is morally indefensible. Yet rather than face this disquieting truth or recalibrate their policies, they shift the blame outward, a gesture designed not to confront but to externalize their own failing.

There you go.

At Counterpunch, Kathleen Wallace piles on with an "I'm Sorry for your Loss" piece. She mentions Martin Niemoller, beloved of libruls, as a piece of feel-good ethics.

As for Democrats who think they own my vote? This:

I fear very much for the looming Christian Nationalism coming, but to place blame on those of us who did not give full-throated support to a genocidal campaign is to miss the point entirely. You own this shit-show, not us.

Is the bottom line, off Mondoweiss.

She adds that the loudest Democratic gnashing of teeth comes from those quietest about the genocide. She has more at her Substack, but there, has not totally done the duopoly exit, only a safe states duopoly exit.