I definitely agree with you if we're talking ideal strategy. Palestinian support turns off a majority of the electorate and the Dem candidate would have a much better chance if the protesters completely shut up. We aren't talking about game theory though; we're talking about the real world where some people actually truly care about an ongoing genocide. I understand you see the protesters as the extreme fringe, and they are, but for each one of those individuals out protesting there are many more sitting at home who feel the same. You may not know that as, correct me if I'm wrong, you're middle-aged+, but there's a huge generational divide on this issue who feel just as strongly, if not more so, than y'all pro-Israel people. That sizable chunk of the Democratic base must be placated or they won't vote. It's a fragile tightrope balancing act and I get Maher's game is calling out what he sees as ridiculous, but telling people to suck up genocide and vote anyway is a really tough pill to swallow. Again, I understand you don't agree with the position and so can't associate that depth of emotion with it, but for lots of Millenials/Zoomers it's like if America had been directly supplying some of the most brutal, murderous regimes throughout history. I'm personally voting against Trump anyway, but many aren't as pragmatic and require at least some kind of lip service.