General Discussion

Your question implies that the motive is vengeance as opposed to a desire to see the end of Gaza's suffering. Do you consider all protest votes vengeful or just those of this ethnic/religious group?

Was the vote irrational and self-defeating? Largely. Did it cost the election? I haven't seen proof that it has. But to us, their vote is so infuriating that we are allowing fantasies of worse retribution that verges on schadenfreud - to let off steam. Turning our backs on our own values in the process. I find that almost as intolerable as what I have witnessed in Gaza.

But we can't know what it's like to have your people's lives be considered cheap and worth less than that of others. It must be pure anguish to watch that being played out and know that your country could stop it and, from your perspective, refuses to do so.

Reason, logic and self-interest fall to the wayside in those circumstances. Talk of parking lots, WWIII, FAFO and scary Trump are not going to penetrate when you think the worst has already happened and you are treated like second-class citizens anyway. Your voice and need to be heard and responded to is ignored.

Their lived experience, not ours. So I try not to judge, nor will I have satisfaction when even worse befalls them. It's an awful tragedy and it should not have been allowed to happen. And yes, there are consequences to that too.