"The Pals voted for Hamas *knowing* they want to exterminate the Jews. Plenty of them support it, even if they never take up a weapon themselves."
I've pointed this out many times recently, but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power. Imagine if Trump's little coup had been successful, and he'd gone on …
"The Pals voted for Hamas *knowing* they want to exterminate the Jews. Plenty of them support it, even if they never take up a weapon themselves."
I've pointed this out many times recently, but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power. Imagine if Trump's little coup had been successful, and he'd gone on to rule America for another 18 years, and he'd done some terrible thing. Would it be fair to say that "the Yanks voted for Trump, *knowing* that he was a dirtbag narcissist?" Especially if 40% of Americans were under 14 and 51% of the country *didn't* vote for Trump?
As I've also said many times recently, the people in Gaza have very good reason to hate Israel. Not Jews, Israel. Any one of us who was born and raised there would feel the same. That in no way justifies Hamas raping women or killing civilians. But it makes it easier to understand why they don't condemn Hamas. Especially given that polls suggest many are unaware of the full horror of what Hamas did.
" but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power.". Very true. But ugh, they get indoctrinated into antisemitism early. That's the thing - not the kids' fault how they're raised, but who the fuck is teaching them this? And yes, you're right about Trump, although we already did get attacked by Saudi Arabia on 9/11 and they didn't give a crap how many people they killed. Terrorism sucks, and yes, the Pals have got a lot of reason to hate Israel (and I'll say Israelis rather than Jews).
It's a difficult, ugly situation. I just find the Pals extremely unsympathetic as victims because of the antisemitism that's baked into their religion. And if we didn't have as many haters in the West Bank, where the non-Hamas gang resides, they must surely hate us now.
Honestly? I think Trump's going to be horrendous for Americans if he gets in again - and he's not ruling from jail - and it probably won't involve inviting some enemy to attack us - but I've already considered that anyone who voted for him whose life gets worse deserves it. I felt that way after he got in the first time and many foreign countries, including Canada, hit the red states hard with tariffs in response to his. That surely affected poorly those Americans there who *didn't* vote for him. That's life in the states of unpopular whack jobs, whether it's Trump's America, Hamas's Gaza or Nuttin'-yahoo's Israel.
Bottom line: I know I should feel more sympathy for the Palestinians. Working on it. It would really, really, really really REALLY REALLY help if the Islamic world overall would reject the terrorism in their Koran the way Christians & Jews have rejected much of the violence in the Bible.
"The Pals voted for Hamas *knowing* they want to exterminate the Jews. Plenty of them support it, even if they never take up a weapon themselves."
I've pointed this out many times recently, but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power. Imagine if Trump's little coup had been successful, and he'd gone on to rule America for another 18 years, and he'd done some terrible thing. Would it be fair to say that "the Yanks voted for Trump, *knowing* that he was a dirtbag narcissist?" Especially if 40% of Americans were under 14 and 51% of the country *didn't* vote for Trump?
As I've also said many times recently, the people in Gaza have very good reason to hate Israel. Not Jews, Israel. Any one of us who was born and raised there would feel the same. That in no way justifies Hamas raping women or killing civilians. But it makes it easier to understand why they don't condemn Hamas. Especially given that polls suggest many are unaware of the full horror of what Hamas did.
" but 40% of the people in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas was voted into power.". Very true. But ugh, they get indoctrinated into antisemitism early. That's the thing - not the kids' fault how they're raised, but who the fuck is teaching them this? And yes, you're right about Trump, although we already did get attacked by Saudi Arabia on 9/11 and they didn't give a crap how many people they killed. Terrorism sucks, and yes, the Pals have got a lot of reason to hate Israel (and I'll say Israelis rather than Jews).
It's a difficult, ugly situation. I just find the Pals extremely unsympathetic as victims because of the antisemitism that's baked into their religion. And if we didn't have as many haters in the West Bank, where the non-Hamas gang resides, they must surely hate us now.
Honestly? I think Trump's going to be horrendous for Americans if he gets in again - and he's not ruling from jail - and it probably won't involve inviting some enemy to attack us - but I've already considered that anyone who voted for him whose life gets worse deserves it. I felt that way after he got in the first time and many foreign countries, including Canada, hit the red states hard with tariffs in response to his. That surely affected poorly those Americans there who *didn't* vote for him. That's life in the states of unpopular whack jobs, whether it's Trump's America, Hamas's Gaza or Nuttin'-yahoo's Israel.
Bottom line: I know I should feel more sympathy for the Palestinians. Working on it. It would really, really, really really REALLY REALLY help if the Islamic world overall would reject the terrorism in their Koran the way Christians & Jews have rejected much of the violence in the Bible.