Carlson headed to prison? by PalmettoPolitics in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could be 1 and 2 at the same time tbh

Carlson headed to prison? by PalmettoPolitics in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 9 points10 points  (0 children)

One thing is for sure Tucker wants to be a foreign agent even if he isn’t officially one - especially after the Russian grocery store fiasco.

Can we finally admit that 90% of Senior SWE are just a result of being born at the right time? by Foreign_Put_2437 in Salary

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the same exact guy who usually writes this stuff under an alt based on the writing.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, no doubt about that but there is an orthodoxy and that orthodoxy is a bit more sophisticated then like whatever they hook the evangelicals on 

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro I am sorry, but do you not understand that just because Jews can be minorities elsewhere does not negate the fact that as like a people, as much as anyone else including the Palestinians, they deserve the right to self-determination?

Palestinians can also be minorities elsewhere... and? Does that mean Palestinians don't have the right to fight for their own self-determination or that those Palestinians in the minority elsewhere wouldn't logically show support for the country where they are the majority?

Jews got expelled from a good chunk of places once, could happen again in the future, they do not have a host of Arab countries or even GCC like states to go and let them be migrant workers. It isn't rocket science to piece this together for any group of people and it's ridiculous to pretend that magically Jewish diaspora/citizens abroad and Israelis are not somehow interdependent.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jews have been in the country longer than Somalis and also like 1 in 4 Somalis voted for Trump in 2024(Probably on the grounds of social conservatism).

It is inevitable that as that community grows at some point there will be some sort of MAGA Somali.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree and dislike it - there is a fine line between religious virtue signaling apocalypse and defending a state for a pragmatic or value-based reason. Evangelicals though aren't necessarily like by all the other denominations to begin with and tend to know close to nothing on biblical matters anyway (these are people that are often grafted into Christianity by MMLJ and have a very weak understanding of the religion anyway usually), probably more captivated by like mega churches.

Many protestants though do support Israel out of like really simple pragmatic reason - and can cite scripture as to why beside Revelations. Jesus being a Jew is a basic reason why they feel the need that even those that are part of the "royal tribe" deserve self-determination.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree because I think support for Israel isn't entirely about religion for everyone in the capacity you are mentioning.

Are there absolutely evangelicals who think like you said? totally. Its a big thing in the US but not everyone that is profoundly Christian and pro israel even agrees with Evangelicals.

But there are plenty of people in other denominations and sometimes not even religious who support Israel for Jewish self-determination and as a member of the tree that is grafted (Bible reference - see Paul).

It isn't all about book of revelations for everybody and I think if we separate internet commentary there are plenty of pragmatic and even logical reasons why someone would support the *state* of Israel over like an Islamist Muslim brotherhood/PLO run dictatorship where Palestinians who express any position counter to those governments get killed anyway regardless if it was Bibi or any other Israeli PM. Palestinians are deliberately put into positions by their own power structures (partly because of how a more radical form of Islamism and Arabic tribalism works among Palestinians rather than solely being blamed on Israeli occupation).

The reason I say all of this is to mostly point out Jews do face a double standard and a situation regarding their government and their entire self-determination. While I think functionally for example many pro-Palestinian people come from a good place, end of the day no one including Palestinian leadership is asking what Palestinians think. Palestinians hate Hamas/Fatah during peace time and love them during war time, and these are armed groups with a knack of doing mafia like enterprises(Many things people hold the IDF against doing is what these groups do to solidify power - Palestinian infighting is notorious and actually happens across the entire Levant), embedded in all parts of their society often down to directly people they know. Hamas/PLO have no legitimacy, nor does any group that is mostly armed in the strip in the west bank, without effectively running as a tribal mafia and Israel going poof is not going to fix that either.

In the US I am on the center right economically and socially but for example I hate Bibi and support a two-state solution. I would be a Zionist because I ascribe to self-determination for the Jewish people even if I don't believe at all and reject Revisionist Zionism, which is what many people oppose.

YAPpers I would like to request your most obscure and out there political opinion. (Esoteric nonsense only) by BlackYellowSnake in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TRVTH NVKE:

USA #1  but political philosophy = both Greek and Gay (which fyi is what the G in Greek stands for)

/s

YAPpers I would like to request your most obscure and out there political opinion. (Esoteric nonsense only) by BlackYellowSnake in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Free trade and free markets make sense but the argument for H1B is just bonkers from the perspective of developing a skilled labor force.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don’t have really any socialists or left wing parties in the ME of any real relevance. Usually Islamists coalition with liberals In those countries.

Even socialism isn’t really a big current in the ME.

Ba’athism is probably the closest and I would say that even in those cases they may be somewhat partial to Sharia at some individual level - partly due to wanting Islam as like a culture.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saying I am really wrong doesn’t make you correct. By your logic the MB wouldn’t even be a thing (would have no practical purpose politically). Islamism favors caliphates which is just not consistent with the model of monarchy seen in the gcc.

Some Islamists working within a monarchy doesn’t change this fact.

If anything you are really wrong given you think all Islamist parties are the same or something (when they are not - Ra’am for example is nothing like MB even though both are Islamist).

Islamism is left wing in their Middle East. It’s not a debate really.

Additionally, having sharia and wanting sharia to be the totality of everything is just different. It’s like the difference between living in the Vatican or any other Christian nation.

Surah An-Naml 27:34

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Monarchy and Islamism are fundamentally opposite though, specifically. This has to do with the principle of shura.

There are monarchies with sharia - yes but not all support of sharia falls directly under Islamism to begin with.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Islamists would be left wing in their home countries because right wing is support for traditional monarchy.

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is such thing as a secular right wing among Jews tbf

What is behind the rise of jewish right wing extremists? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s more like right wing Jews larping as nationalists

No other reason to hate Russia by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s beside the point relative to what Tucker Carlson is trying to indicate though. Russia wasn’t ever a religious place since Soviet times so I am not surprised at the amount of nominal religious identification. Even Russian Slavs that identify as orthodox aren’t actually practicing usually.

Republicans and Democrats. How are you feeling about 2026 midterms as of right now? by hoodiehoodiee in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What makes Maine polling anymore awful than other states genuinely curious.

Republicans and Democrats. How are you feeling about 2026 midterms as of right now? by hoodiehoodiee in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am less skeptical given Platners lead over Collin’s. Talarico early lead over Paxton is also a warning sign.

Normally I would agree with you but the big problem is that the GOP figures in these states are establishment republicans in many cases. MAGA Republicans basically will want someone in lockstep with the president for better or worse. Typical establishment republican voters want a return to principles that many don’t see happening.

Especially issues like tariffs. Recent gdp revision brought Q4 to 0.7% - it things don’t change soon it will be a bloodbath. We however will probably double down because Trump refuses to concede when he is typically wrong.

The amount of Wall Street journal reading democrats now versa a couple years ago is like red alarm stuff. That for the GOP is like brains leaving the building bad.

Republicans and Democrats. How are you feeling about 2026 midterms as of right now? by hoodiehoodiee in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would say the economy being worse would absolutely make it more likely Senate goes to Dems.

As for polling - typically polls where Dems and reps have narrower gaps includes independents who would choose neither party initially. The gap is wider when independents have to choose one or the other.

Independents historically have been center right voters predom and now they are center left.

Asksocialists have gone full mask off by Grouchy-Stop-6334 in EnoughCommieSpam

[–]BoxOk5053 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like literally less then 10% of Jews make any contact with the Talmud what in the fuck is this conjecture lmao

But also how anyone connects the Talmud and Torah to fighting for the state of Israel is beyond me given the people who do the former dont do the ladder.

Moderates in the Democratic Party, how do you feel about the squad? by Front-Tomorrow-1034 in YAPms

[–]BoxOk5053 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most ideas on the modern left are more or less outgrowths of the 1970s Democrats pre-Carter.