1222 pts · September 23, 2014
Except most of us can't really get citizenship elsewhere. Pretty much the only place I could go would be, well, Israel. And thats not an improvement soooo.
It's important to remember that the "chosen people" doesn't mean "get it all". It means chosen to uphold the covenant. It's why proselytizing is forbidden, that's pushing the covenant on others who aren't obligated to share the burden. The actual Torah says, essentially, that everybody of all nations are gods children, and all will go to Heaven if they live a good life. Only the Jews also have to follow all the other rules.seeing it be perverted to justify Israel's actions infuriates me.
I gotta hand it to trump and bibi. They've managed to make Iran, Hezbollah, AND Hamas look like the good guys, or at the very least not the villains, to millions around the world. They've truly done what I honestly wasn't sure was possible after we kidnapped a country's leader in broad daylight, and pushed the line so far that the world said fuck it and are walking away from the US. Turns out we'll be celebrating the 250th with the shattering of US hegemony. Damn do I wish I was Canadian 😂
Calling that correct is certainly a take. War crimes are war crimes, everywhere.
I'm getting a bit tired of the "the IS is run by Israel" posts I'm seeing everywhere. It treads dangerously close to a certain stereotype. Is it really so far fetched to believe that the US is simply being shitty for its own imperialist reasons? The US gets something out of all this too, or would if it was being perpetrated by somebody less totally inept. Trump does as he does because he's a Narcissistic Idiot, not because he's bibis puppet
I wish I could feel more optimism at the moment, but as amazing as it is that 8 mil showed ... The administration just doesn't care
Yepp, another Georgian. My county went like 70% for trump. Literally lost friends who said I was being hysterical and that it didn't really matter anyways. We're fucked. I've never despised my country this much before.
Thank God. Man I hate my country 😭
This is dangerously close to the age old line about Jews secretly controlling the governments of the world.... Is that really a more logical explanation than a bunch of western nations having similar foreign policy objectives and goals? This is just good old fashioned imperialism.
Lmao, Cuba and China? I'm not exactly a fan of US foreign (and domestic);policy but come ON.
I was no big fan of Hillary, but I absolutely voted for her because I'd course I fucking did. It boggles the mind that TWICE this fucking country chose a man as vile as trump, over a woman. How are we so fucking lost as a society....
Yep. He's one of, if not the ONLY, Republican politicians left who genuinely believes in his policies, and their ability to help th people. I respected his father, and mccain, for the same thing. Even if I'd never vote for em. At least they stood for SOMETHING. Most Republicans now are just grifters
You might be right.its ingenious In its simplicity
I'm so confused. What are you trying to say here??
Where I Iive, most races are uncontested Republicans sadly... Dems don't even bother running anybody
I hate that the GoP keeps lumping us in with the Christian Nationalists. "Judaochristian". Judaism is quite clear on the ten commandments relationship with non Jews. They aren't relevant. It's against the Torah to try and force them on others. Majorly. Good on this teacher, shame they'll probably be fired
God I wish I wasn't American... This place is so fucking embarrassing.
And where did they come from? All sources Ive found so far indicate nothing of the sort. Israel's real crimes are bad enough without bringing blood libel into this. If there's any actual evidence of the implied crime, I'd love to see it.
I'm gonna need some sources on this one. Israel's real crimes are horrific enough without using one of the oldest stereotypes in the book (it was common to accuse Jews of organ harvesting). I find myself doubtful here without evidence
It's what happens when people decide the only way to stop being trampled on, is to become the boot. I'm Jewish, and I promise that if I were able to leave the US, I'd much rather go to Germany than Israel
Because leaving a positive impact on the world is not just proof I mattered, but pays off in a better world for those in the future, who come after.
As a child who was attacked for being Jewish, it was comforting to know that there was a place I could go to for safety. It has been horrifying to see the result of a nation deciding that the only way to never again be under the boot, was to become the boot. I support the right for Israel to defend itself. This is not that. This is genocide. No rest, no silence, until Palestinians have justice. Until they have their own nation. Until ALL of Israel's leadership are tried for their crimes.
That's not what they said though. Newsom is awful as hell, he's on record that he'd happily throw away my rights if given the chance. I'd still vote for him if the general came down to him maga, but I'd be fighting like hell not to let it get to that point first. We need to stop accepting these garbage candidates
Cool story, still, fuck this guy too. We need to make sure his ass doesn't even MAKE it to the primary, or we're gonna eat the same shit with a rainbow paint job (well, slightly less shit, but the point stands). Dude bends over before the right even asks.
Sounds like a good way to get arrested, lose my job, and therefore my healthcare and home. Or just end up dead because you know they won't think twice about it... That's the crux of the issue tbh, folks have too much to lose to take that slim shot. I just don't believe that any amount of protesting will stop them, the admin just doesn't care.
Honestly? In the unlikely occasion that it really did come to war, I'm just running because that's not a winnable fight. I live in a county that went 70% for trump, they've got the power, the bodies, and the weapons.
You'll have to forgive me if I'm not willing to lose my home, my healthcare, and likely my life just to net 0 change because nobody in the administration would give a shit that some trans woman (aka crazy person in their opinion) in the south didn't approve of their actions. Hell, they'd never even hear about it because my neighbors would love the chance to use their guns to take down some radical lefties.
Honestly, what can we even do though? Because I can't think of a damn thing. Half the country handed the reigns back to the children and this time they're determined to break everything they can.
If I missed a weeks pay, I'd be homeless and without my vital medication. And they know this. It's damn near impossible to organize 300 million people towards the same goal even before you factor in that most of us can't afford to just quit.
Honestly asking, what are you saying I should do? I hate our gov but not like I can change it
Except most of us can't really get citizenship elsewhere. Pretty much the only place I could go would be, well, Israel. And thats not an improvement soooo.
It's important to remember that the "chosen people" doesn't mean "get it all". It means chosen to uphold the covenant. It's why proselytizing is forbidden, that's pushing the covenant on others who aren't obligated to share the burden.
The actual Torah says, essentially, that everybody of all nations are gods children, and all will go to Heaven if they live a good life. Only the Jews also have to follow all the other rules.
seeing it be perverted to justify Israel's actions infuriates me.
I gotta hand it to trump and bibi. They've managed to make Iran, Hezbollah, AND Hamas look like the good guys, or at the very least not the villains, to millions around the world. They've truly done what I honestly wasn't sure was possible after we kidnapped a country's leader in broad daylight, and pushed the line so far that the world said fuck it and are walking away from the US. Turns out we'll be celebrating the 250th with the shattering of US hegemony. Damn do I wish I was Canadian 😂
Calling that correct is certainly a take. War crimes are war crimes, everywhere.
I'm getting a bit tired of the "the IS is run by Israel" posts I'm seeing everywhere. It treads dangerously close to a certain stereotype. Is it really so far fetched to believe that the US is simply being shitty for its own imperialist reasons? The US gets something out of all this too, or would if it was being perpetrated by somebody less totally inept. Trump does as he does because he's a Narcissistic Idiot, not because he's bibis puppet
I wish I could feel more optimism at the moment, but as amazing as it is that 8 mil showed ... The administration just doesn't care
Yepp, another Georgian. My county went like 70% for trump. Literally lost friends who said I was being hysterical and that it didn't really matter anyways. We're fucked. I've never despised my country this much before.
Thank God. Man I hate my country 😭
This is dangerously close to the age old line about Jews secretly controlling the governments of the world....
Is that really a more logical explanation than a bunch of western nations having similar foreign policy objectives and goals? This is just good old fashioned imperialism.
Lmao, Cuba and China? I'm not exactly a fan of US foreign (and domestic);policy but come ON.
I was no big fan of Hillary, but I absolutely voted for her because I'd course I fucking did. It boggles the mind that TWICE this fucking country chose a man as vile as trump, over a woman. How are we so fucking lost as a society....
Yep. He's one of, if not the ONLY, Republican politicians left who genuinely believes in his policies, and their ability to help th people. I respected his father, and mccain, for the same thing. Even if I'd never vote for em. At least they stood for SOMETHING. Most Republicans now are just grifters
You might be right.its ingenious In its simplicity
I'm so confused. What are you trying to say here??
Where I Iive, most races are uncontested Republicans sadly... Dems don't even bother running anybody
I hate that the GoP keeps lumping us in with the Christian Nationalists. "Judaochristian". Judaism is quite clear on the ten commandments relationship with non Jews. They aren't relevant. It's against the Torah to try and force them on others. Majorly.
Good on this teacher, shame they'll probably be fired
God I wish I wasn't American... This place is so fucking embarrassing.
And where did they come from? All sources Ive found so far indicate nothing of the sort. Israel's real crimes are bad enough without bringing blood libel into this. If there's any actual evidence of the implied crime, I'd love to see it.
I'm gonna need some sources on this one. Israel's real crimes are horrific enough without using one of the oldest stereotypes in the book (it was common to accuse Jews of organ harvesting). I find myself doubtful here without evidence
It's what happens when people decide the only way to stop being trampled on, is to become the boot. I'm Jewish, and I promise that if I were able to leave the US, I'd much rather go to Germany than Israel
Because leaving a positive impact on the world is not just proof I mattered, but pays off in a better world for those in the future, who come after.
As a child who was attacked for being Jewish, it was comforting to know that there was a place I could go to for safety. It has been horrifying to see the result of a nation deciding that the only way to never again be under the boot, was to become the boot. I support the right for Israel to defend itself. This is not that. This is genocide. No rest, no silence, until Palestinians have justice. Until they have their own nation. Until ALL of Israel's leadership are tried for their crimes.
That's not what they said though. Newsom is awful as hell, he's on record that he'd happily throw away my rights if given the chance. I'd still vote for him if the general came down to him maga, but I'd be fighting like hell not to let it get to that point first. We need to stop accepting these garbage candidates
Cool story, still, fuck this guy too. We need to make sure his ass doesn't even MAKE it to the primary, or we're gonna eat the same shit with a rainbow paint job (well, slightly less shit, but the point stands). Dude bends over before the right even asks.
Sounds like a good way to get arrested, lose my job, and therefore my healthcare and home. Or just end up dead because you know they won't think twice about it... That's the crux of the issue tbh, folks have too much to lose to take that slim shot. I just don't believe that any amount of protesting will stop them, the admin just doesn't care.
Honestly? In the unlikely occasion that it really did come to war, I'm just running because that's not a winnable fight. I live in a county that went 70% for trump, they've got the power, the bodies, and the weapons.
You'll have to forgive me if I'm not willing to lose my home, my healthcare, and likely my life just to net 0 change because nobody in the administration would give a shit that some trans woman (aka crazy person in their opinion) in the south didn't approve of their actions. Hell, they'd never even hear about it because my neighbors would love the chance to use their guns to take down some radical lefties.
Honestly, what can we even do though? Because I can't think of a damn thing. Half the country handed the reigns back to the children and this time they're determined to break everything they can.
If I missed a weeks pay, I'd be homeless and without my vital medication. And they know this. It's damn near impossible to organize 300 million people towards the same goal even before you factor in that most of us can't afford to just quit.
Honestly asking, what are you saying I should do? I hate our gov but not like I can change it