I should have been more clear. I’m talking about what politicians are forced into doing. Not my personal views. We’ve spent 20 years demonizing the “terrorists”. Israel very successfully labeled all Palestinians as terrorists until very recently. Getting Americans to understand that the entire time we’ve supported Israel they’ve been doing 10 times worse to the Palestinians is going to take another big push. Understanding Hamas as an embattled resistance movement is a step too far for most voters right now.
So showing up with actual Hamas iconography and flags pretty much requires a statement like this.