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The background is Blue.

The words are MAGA.

I wonder if there is a term for this.

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[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So if I write a book that says Chuck Schumer has to be my bitch, he has to do it?

It’s in a book after all

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

You also have to tell him that GOD actually wrote it.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you convince enough people with you’re book, sure.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

Let's start with vote 1

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 22 points 2 days ago

"That thing we wrote says the land is ours, so of course it is. Why don't these filthy savages believe in that thing we wrote?"

[–] recentSloth43@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

But my book says it's our land. So we should put our book and their book in a ring to fight it out. The winner takes the land. This is the only logical solution to this problem.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago

Ah yes another but the bronze age man said so moment

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same logic evangelical Christians use to oppress LGBTQ folks here at home, Chuck. But you knew that, which is why you don't care about that either, beyond your performative outrage to get votes.

These crusty old dirt worshipers need to go. Every last one of them.

[–] Back_it_up@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

so... third party this time?!?!

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

I wish I could say yes, and maybe between shit like this and Elon threatening Social Security there will be enough angry people to make a third party viable, but I'm not holding my breath on that. This country has been in love with binary choice since the beginning. Everything is black or white, good or evil, win or lose, right or wrong, us or them... You introduce any kind of nuance and people lose their fucking minds.

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[–] analoghobbyist@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago

Schumer is really letting the mask slip lately. Time for him to go.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 178 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just wrote a book that says that Chuck Schumer's house is on my ancestral homeland, because my deity says so. That makes it Chuck's fault when I drop bombs on it.

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 57 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Does it have to be written in a book to qualify? I'm pretty sure there are several Native American tribes that might have something to say about this.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I'll happily bind up some pages into a book for you.

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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

The term is "fucking traitor that needs to be censured and primaries". Get this MAGAt wannabe out of office, but first get him out of any democratic positions/appointments.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

There's a mid term for this

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Fuck him. He's factually wrong first of all, but even if he wasn't religious ethnonationalism is always wrong

[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 103 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I recently did some wiki digging into the formation of Israel and it legitimately surprised me how illegitimate the country is. They were given land (not a state) and welcomed by Palestinians, then they flipped their shit over time and took everything. They were not oppressed but radicalized over imaginary oppression and used it as a tool to oppress Palestine.

The whole world is complicit or gaslit into buying this garbage. Insane that the two state solution is seen as compromise to Palestinians when it should be considered the only compromise given to Israel.

[–] Lupo@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This prompted me to do a wiki dig. TIL Israel was founded by an actual Jewish Nazi group and they even named a military ribbon after them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehi_%28militant_group%29?wprov=sfla1

In April 1948, Lehi and the Irgun were jointly responsible for the massacre in Deir Yassin of at least 107 Palestinian Arab villagers, including women and children. Lehi assassinated Lord Moyne, British Minister Resident in the Middle East, and made many other attacks on the British in Palestine. On 29 May 1948, the government of Israel, having inducted its activist members into the Israel Defense Forces, formally disbanded Lehi, though some of its members carried out one more terrorist act, the assassination of Folke Bernadotte some months later, an act condemned by Bernadotte's replacement as mediator, Ralph Bunche. After the assassination, the new Israeli government declared Lehi a terrorist organization, arresting some 200 members and convicting some of the leaders. Just before the first Israeli elections in January 1949, a general amnesty to Lehi members was granted by the government. In 1980, Israel instituted a military decoration, an "award for activity in the struggle for the establishment of Israel", the Lehi ribbon. Former Lehi leader Yitzhak Shamir became Prime Minister of Israel in 1983.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 143 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 60 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Look at what he stands for.

Look at what he caves on.

Genocide is centrism's only actual policy.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago

Even if you take what he says at face value, his conclusion still doesn't even follow logically.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 76 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's insane how many people have died because of arguments over who has the best Invisible Friend.

[–] moody 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What's even worse is they all have the same invisible friend, it's just their rules that are different. God, Allah, Jehovah, Jah, YHWH, whatever you wanna call him, all the same guy. But somehow all the rules about what you're allowed to do and how you need to worship, those are all in different books written by different people at different periods in history.

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[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 84 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Just a reminder, no, the torah explicitly says jews have no nation because they offended god. Until god himself comes down and reverses that decision, jews adhering to their religion cannot be members of government for a state owned and controlled by jewish people.

Zionism is antisemitic, and the opposite of the jewish religion.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

Indeed, knowing the full context makes it even more ridiculous.

Religious Jews fought back against Zionism during its inception.

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[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 54 points 4 days ago (3 children)

And if I say your book is blasphemy? Jesus, no pun intended, these religious weirdos just can't take the hint that maybe their religious texts are total BS. They truly don't believe in religious freedom.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The worst part, there’s no speaking sense to them. Their views are unimpugnable, as god himself wrought them. No earthly authority can alter their course

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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Facts speak for themselves:

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link to pics:

https://ibb.co/67Nj0hJd

https://ibb.co/RT0xq4dD

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Wow, I knew things were bad but I didn’t realize it was this bad.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

So if I find an older book that says Israel belongs to me and only me they have to leave and I can turn the Wailing Wall into a sick half pipe?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well I found an older book that says their copper ingots are of insufficient quality.

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[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

If this chucklefuck showed up to your door and said that your home is now part of the Jewish state because the Torah said so, I think we know how most people would respond.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is Schumer's district mostly Jews? That fucker needs to go. I hope there are sane people in his district with an open mind.

[–] cooperativesrock@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago

Jews are very divided on Israel in general and heartbreakingly on whether or not it's cool to genocide. Chuck is in the genocide is cool as long as it's not against Jewish people camp, many of us stand firm on our no genocide no matter what. He's also a senator so represents all living in NY state, so short answer is no.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago
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