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Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/16/protesting-public-officials-homes-00141766
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Family Targeted by Protesters over Gaza
(Politico) Michael Schaffer - Antony Blinken's children - aged 3 and 4 - were on their way home when Hazami Barmada and Fatima Showkatiann poured fake blood in front of their vehicle. Protesters have been camped outside the Secretary of State's home for a couple of weeks over Israel's military operations in Gaza. As the car carrying the kids rolled up, some in the group shouted: "Your father is a baby killer!" Strangers yelling at preschoolers is a sign of something troubling in our political culture. It's also a commentary on the dubious efficacy of this very of-the-moment variety of direct action. A cathartic thrill for the righteously indignant, showing up at the homes of Washington bigwigs also creates optics that turn demonstrators into bullies and their targets into victims, hardening the hearts of just about everyone in sight.