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Toddler star Ms. Rachel
That's wild! I thought she was, like, forty.
Full support all the same.
"I think it's bad when children die" makes you the most anti semitic person on the planet, apparently
It's so frustrating because this is like, hey zionists you're literally admitting killing children is good and a part of jewish israeli life. So it feedback loops back into the general antisemitism at large and pushes people to flee to pissrael because they don't feel safe...on account of what their own country is doing.
Literally fucking doin blood libel.
I have heard it said that Zionists have a vested interest in stoking anti-Semitism - the idea that a "Jewish homeland" is the only way for Jews to be safe is a common trope in Zionist apologia. The problem of course is that in reality Israel is extremely dangerous for Jews. So both an actual and perceived increase in anti semitism serves the Zionist project.
duh, they do a tremendous amount of false flags, even minor ones. Max Blumenthal himself saw a zionist draw a swastika in a college bathroom.
It's so pathetic.
Yeah that's the method.
hard to imagine a more meaningful endorsement of one's character than getting called an antisemite by these fucking ghouls
she's NOT even antisemtitic in any way, shape and form - what's next, her advocating for public broadcasting in congress after getting defunded (like mr. rogers in the 1960s) is called out as liberalness?
I guess the main difference then would be that, back in the 60s, at least some members of Congress actually had a heart, hence why they agreed to continue funding PBS after Mr. Rogers said his words.
well congress calling ms. rachel crazy would probably lead to protests and that would escalate into a peaceful revolution that would pressure trump and vance to both resign, just like the people power revolution in the phillippines.
what
Five days have passed and I still can't get over it, lmao. It's a daily ritual to come and reread it again.
I went through their history and they're probably a child so I feel weird about it but still... WHAT.
I thought Greta Thunburg was a lock in pick this year. But we might have a bit of competition it seems.
all my chars in video games will be ms rachael with a green al-quds headband