Israel/Palestine thread
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Discuss my fellow 2+2ers..
AM YISRAEL CHAI.
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actually, at 15 I was fully indoctrinated into the cult of American exceptionalism. its taken decades to unravel. maybe you dont know much about US high school.
I dont know why you would think that 15 year olds would be taught anti-Imperialism from the Imperial core, and most propagandized country in history, immediately after the Cold War.
My students have never heard of My Lai.
I dont know why you would think that 15 year olds would be taught anti-Imperialism from the Imperial core, and most propagandized country in history, immediately after the Cold War.
My point flew over your head, once again.
"most propagandized country in history" is so lol, that in one sentence you fully disclosed your lack of world knowledge
bro literally did the meme
Jal, you have to understand that we you,Vic and company are transparent.
You insist on comparing Israel to the worst and most evil atrocities in human history.
The anti western anti "imperialism" shtick was cool when you were 15. As an adult it's sad. Really sad
As an adult you're supposed to be pro imperialism?
Jal, you have to understand that we you,Vic and company are transparent.
You insist on comparing Israel to the worst and most evil atrocities in human history.
The anti western anti "imperialism" shtick was cool when you were 15. As an adult it's sad. Really sad
I suppose a pretty dim soldier in the IDF probably would think that but I'm on the right side of history and you and your fellow murdering criminals will be condemned by future generations and your grandchildren and their kids will be ashamed of you.
So the idea Jews should and can have their own state, is comparable to slavery and the Mafia?
The idea that Zionists should violently ethnic cleanse millions of people from where they and their ancestors lived for thousands of years in order to build some ethnically/racially pure fascist state is as bad an idea as there ever was. It's about the nut low idea which can be actually executed en mass, that you could actually get millions of the beneficiaries to get behind. It's better than the ideas of, say, Jim Jones, but the number of people you can get into a mass suicide cult is (I think) pretty well capped. Maybe you could argue North Korea's ideology is worse but it's close.
And the fact that these two have nukes...what are they going to do if they get desperate enough? If Israel's ethnic cleansing project fails do you think they will leave us unscathed? I think they would smuggle a nuke into the U.S. and frame Muslims. And if you think that's beyond them you are either brainwashed or not paying attention to these Zionists critters.
So basically every majority Muslim and Christian state is also comparable to slavery and mafias? You used to be a kinda-sorta somewhat entertaining troll. Lately though it's like you're just not even trying anymore.
"majority Muslim" does not mean ethnostate, nice try though.
To really answer your question, the developed world started moving away from the concept of things like "a Christian State" in the pre-modern era. Generally they inevitably lead to the kind of ethnic violence that Israel is currently inflicting on Palestine.
"majority Muslim" does not mean ethnostate, nice try though.
To really answer your question, the developed world started moving away from the concept of things like "a Christian State" in the pre-modern era. Generally they inevitably lead to the kind of ethnic violence that Israel is currently inflicting on Palestine.
The funny thing is the first part of this statement is directionally correct. But then the antisemitism glitch kicks in, and the logical extension is just to attack Jews.
In the year 2024 if one were to criticize fundamentalist religious oriented states that misbehave, there are a tremendous number of examples, almost all of them Muslim (including Gaza FWIW). But because Trolly is an antisemite and most of these other nations are antisemitic too, following the enemy of my enemy is my friend principle, he is completely agnostic to any example but the lone Jewish state.
Again, this is how antisemites give the game away. They make a general statement that would include a large number of examples if it was a good faith point. But the only example that ever comes to mind for them is Israel.
The funny thing is the first part of this statement is directionally correct. But then the antisemitism glitch kicks in, and the logical extension is just to attack Jews.
In the year 2024 if one were to criticize fundamentalist religious oriented states that misbehave, there are a tremendous number of examples, almost all of them Muslim (including Gaza FWIW). But because Trolly is an antisemite and most of these other nations are antisemitic too, following the enemy of my enemy is my friend pri
This doesn't refute his point.
The funny thing is the first part of this statement is directionally correct. But then the antisemitism glitch kicks in, and the logical extension is just to attack Jews.
In the year 2024 if one were to criticize fundamentalist religious oriented states that misbehave, there are a tremendous number of examples, almost all of them Muslim (including Gaza FWIW). But because Trolly is an antisemite and most of these other nations are antisemitic too, following the enemy of my enemy is my friend pri
For the sake of argument, if Islamic ethnostates are committing similar kinds of atrocities, that kind of proves my point.
Did you guys see the video Trump posted on social for his vision of Gaza? lol.
If Hamas doesn't have any more live hostages to exchange, Israel should stop giving them prisoners. I truly don't understand what Israel gains by liberating terrorists in exchange for dead bodies.
Well, yeah. Generally a lot of criticisms of Israel are valid in a vacuum. But because the person making the criticism normally has blatant ulterior motives and are indifferent towards much worse behavior by the people trying to destroy Israel, they both invalidate their own position and cause a defense mechanism, that can be exploited by bad actors.
Because of such cynical bad faith, most of the selective criticism of Israel is actively making things worse.
