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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 2m

I mean they didn't really back Israel in 1948, relatively little support came to Israel then other than from like, the Czech Republic. (The UK in fact trained Jordan's army officers!)

It was some time before America decided Israel was worth having as an ally.

A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 17m

Lovely thing to wake up to

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 17m

Christians who claim to be Zionists opportunistically appropriating Zionist ideas no more removes it from its core Jewish context than they did the Torah when they appropriated it.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 19m

Re-read what I said.

Ps: the currently most aggressive Zionists in Israel are Mizrahi Jews.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 20m

Learn to read.

A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 23m

I'm Jewish and well aware of the history of Zionism.

A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 27m

I'm getting tired of saying this: reread the post. The statement is not that Zionism is intrinsic to Judaism, it is that Zionism cannot be dejudaicized.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 10h

"Zios" is a literal Nazi slur.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 10h

I mean, it is potentially within the spectrum, yes.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19h

it's really striking how we have this entire enormous political and legal infrastructure built around the sanctity of the Constitution and then Trump comes along and is like "yeah right, I'm not doing any of that" and those Very Serious People are like "yep alright! okay!"

George Pearkes @peark.es · 19h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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♨ naïve dumbass @atticusgf.bsky.social · 13h

I felt like this was harmless until I saw someone mention they had no problem killing the Geth anymore after experiencing LLMs.

That is bad! That is a story specifically intended to broaden your empathy and challenge you and you're no longer experiencing complex human feelings about it!

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 14h

"this is a bad thing that you should not be promoting because it is actually based on realworld racism and is used like realworld racism" is apparently the anti-woke position on bluesky right now, and everyone is rushing to show that they don't agree with it

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 12h

What the hell is this nonsense?

CNN @cnn.com · 14h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 13h

I mean this is just demonstrably untrue. A lot of land was legitimately purchased.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

I know we're all used to the president talking like Livia Soprano all the time, but this is a goddamn outrage

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 14h

Indeed.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 14h

Zionism is a spectrum of completely typical nationalism with both regressive and progressive strains, distinguished primarily by being the nationalism of a historical diaspora

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 14h

Please re-read what I said.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15h

Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.

I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 14h

Also, subtract at least an eon from that, and even then you're erasing the existence of Jewish communities in the Levant throughout history

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 14h

I was unaware that there was a deadline.

(The actual argument is that indigeneity is a poor lens through which to view the Levant)

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 15h

That's an entirely separate statement about policy and justice, not a statement about an ideological spectrum. Plenty of Zionists would *agree with you* while also insisting that they are, in fact, Zionists.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 15h

Care to explain your position to the class?

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 15h

No, that's not at all an accurate description.

Assuming you're a Gentile (if not, apologies) you could, you know, actually ask Jews about the dynamics in play here.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 16h

It's basically just there to help us chant our way through prayers and mostly based on memorization.

Eh, so it goes

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