• Allonzee@lemmy.world
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    All people’s nationalities are made up.

    Just like all nation state borders.

    Just like all religions.

    Hell, someone pulled your vaunted, family crest owning last name directly out of their asshole at some point in your ancestry. It’s all just ego stroking bullshit.

    The problem, as always, is that people take these made up bullshit designations seriously, to the point of mass murder.

    We are all actually the same species, capable of similar highs and lows of emotion, of pain, of hunger.

    Too bad most everyone refuses to start and end with that, because if we’re all equally deserving of empathy and resources, how can I get mooooooaaaaar than those other people I’m clearly better than? Because my Parents, President, and Priests said I deserve more than those bad people that live in the wrong place and suck the wrong imaginary friend’s imaginary dick.

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    Genuine question: To all the Democrats who chose not to vote for Kamala Harris because of the Palestinian issue, what’s your thought process?

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    I’ve already commented but sorry I got to say

    “The first ever mention of an ancient land called Israel was by an Egyptian Pharaoh, Merneptah, 3429 years ago,” reads a meme that has made the rounds on Facebook. “The first ever mention of an ancient land called Palestine was by an Egyptian opportunist, Yasser Arafat, 57 years ago.”

    Literally the Do you have a flag argument.

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      Didn’t the Romans call it Palestine after crushing a Jewish uprising? So no not 57 years ago.

      Anyways the Arab voters made their bed by voting for Trump and not genocide joe or whatever they called Harris.

      Good luck with that now.

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        The entire United States has some problems if “was there thousands of years ago” indicates who should be allowed to control and oppress people now.

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      Doubly insane when the first mention of what’s thought to be the Palestinians was by Ramesses III, 3199 years ago.

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    Face palm. It’s fucking tragic what is about to escalate for the Palestinians. I hope all the people that blathered on with nonsense about “Genocide Joe” are able to do some self-reflection.

    FFS.

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      Seeing as biden gave billions in support of israel while they carried out this genocide for over a year, the moniker is well-earned. Hopefully you do some self-reflection to realize that both parties full-throatedly support israel. The other guy being worse is not an excuse to support genocide. Democrats will keep talking about how much worse republicans are while moving to the right in pace with them.

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    I wish it wasn’t so tragic, so I could laugh at people who couldn’t vote for Harris because Biden didn’t single-handedly stop the genocide.

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      Today they were kinda proved right, though. After having imposed another deadline on Israel and that deadline having again expired they again won’t stop sending arms to Israel. Even when this is the last fucking chance before Trump is taking over. You can’t just ignore this shit.

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          Now the same accounts are blaming democrats for not going far enough left. I think the goal is to push democrats and republicans so far apart on the political spectrum that nothing gets done.

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            Yeah if only the Democrats had went more right. That would have saved things this time around. Also thanks to Biden talking about “moving together” and “healing” in 2020 the Republicans deradicalized…

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        But happily downvoting. I hope all the terrorist simps here are happy for going after Harris, because this is the result they consequently wanted.

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        No, your admin and mods banned those accounts in the lead up to the election under the reason “troll,” because you people (meant as offensively as reasonable) can’t take opposing view points or the guilt of explicitly supporting genocide.

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              Yet here you are. You must be stealthier than the others. Don’t worry, I won’t tell them you’re here.

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                  It’s ok, friend. I like that your mere presence refutes your own argument and that your attitude shows the kind of things you generally get banned from instances for.

                  So how old is your account? A day? You sure showed me! You’re doing great, buddy!

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        Keep telling yourself that in 6 months when American aircraft are bombing Gaza and the West Bank.

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          They were filming themselves over “the holy land” not sure why you think they aren’t already doing it.

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      Hey look, Mormon Jesus really did appear to Joseph Smith and told him to start a church and sell spots in heaven for any family that wed their daughter to him.

      [My father] asked me if I would be sealed to Joseph … [Smith] said to me, ‘If you will take this step, it will ensure your eternal salvation & exaltation and that of your father’s household & all of your kindred.[’] This promise was so great that I willingly gave myself to purchase so glorious a reward.

      • Helen mar Kimball, who was 14 at the time they married.

      Sounds all very legit, daughter for heaven. Mormon Jesus is just cool like that.

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    I, for one, am shocked. Shocked I tell you.

    Who could have guessed Trump would appoint somebody who doesn’t recognize the victims of genocide as real people? It’s not like Trump called pro-Palestinians protestor “pro-Hamas thugs” and “jihad sympathizers” or said “I will give Israel the support that it needs to win but I do want them to win fast” or called attempts by Biden to negotiate a cease fire an attempt to “tie Israel’s hand behind its back”.

    How could anybody have known? By looking at how he handled conflicts in the area during his first administration? What are we? A nation of nerds that try to make educated decisions about our political leaders?

    /s

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      What real difference does this make though? I honestly don’t see what actually is going to change in Gaza. Yes, Biden isn’t overtly racist against Palestinians, but he doesn’t consider them human beings either. He’s given Israel a complete blank check to do whatever they want. And I expect that to continue unchanged under Trump. As a practical matter, I really don’t see what Trump can do that Biden already hasn’t. Trump will just be a lot ruder about it.

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        Seems like you are poorly read and have a bad imagination.

        Luckily for you, I don’t think it will take long for you to witness first hand what Trump can, and will, do that Biden or Harris would never.

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      Americans voted for this unless they didn’t vote or votes third party.

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          Nope, a vote for Harris is a vote for the complete destruction of the Palestinian people. Harris was very clear in her campaign, it was one of the only thing she was consistent about.

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            As long as you ignore all the times she called for a ceasefire, sure.

            Just like Spider-Man was just a guy, if you ignore all the super powers.

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                I wonder why your account is like 30 seconds old and singularly focused on this issue. Probably because you’re not evading a ban.