The Arab-American and Muslim-American "break point" in this election

Mondoweiss has a good piece on that here. Both groups are in the header, because, especially among Lebanese-Americans, many are Christian. (Side note: A big STFU to Nassim Nicholas Taleb with his claims that Lebanese aren't Arabs, or at least, that the Lebanese language isn't Arabic. Per Reddit, he's full of it, and for the reasons he's been called out over it. More on that here. But I digress.)

First, I'm not surprised that, beyond endorsements by various groups, Green Party nominee Jill Stein is getting pledged on the street support — especially but not just in Michigan. (I didn't vote for her, as noted here before, because she's an investments hypocrite, but she's clearly not either Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump on Gaza, etc.)

I get, in a sense, those sticking with Harris because of lesser evilism. (Sidebar: I get, or rather, I "get," the "connected" like James Zogby sticking with her, but in the case of the likes of him, contra the man or woman on the street, I find this odious. He knows better. And could do better.)

I do not get those who see Trump as lesser evilism. And, the Mondoweiss story spells out why they're wrong, based on Trump's past history. That Samra'a Luqman, extensively profiled, is the biggie. Assuming it's the same person who has a lot of non-political hits on Google, she's a professional person and ergo, theoretically, not an idiot in general. But yet, despite being of Yemeni background — a country under Trump's travel ban, as Mondoweiss notes, she's not only supporting Trump, she's active in that support.

I mean, voting for Stein would "punish Harris," which is what Luqman fought to do to Biden in the Michigan Democratic primary. But, it would do so without cutting off your nose to spite your face. Or, if you have relatives back there, cutting off your family's access to the United States to spite your face.

But, wait, it gets worse? She's apparently a butt-hurt Berner who like other Bernie Sanders  ➡ Trump nutters, has decided to take the ultimate deep dive into an empty pool.

 

Update: Luqman is behind the curve. Stein has a slight lead over Harris among Muslim-American voters in the last CAIR poll, whether Arab-American or not.