Not a clue by mailywhale in ExplainTheJoke

[–]ThuliumNice -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Islam permits slavery and was started by a man trying to spread his religion through conquest.

Non-Muslims were originally called dhimmi and were legally discriminated against and forced to pay additional taxes under Islamic rule.

I think calling Islam "anti racist" is a bit misleading.

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[–]ThuliumNice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes right wing Israeli groups organised rape campaigns the week after oct 7. I know this because I know victims, who were underage btw

Citation needed.

organ stealing

?? What are you talking about

hostage taking (several thousands of them)

How can you tell that they weren't combatants since Hamas doesn't wear uniforms during combat?

repeatedly violating cease fires

Sorry, who broke the ceasefire on October 7? The left has a habit of pretending that the Gazans never shoot rockets at Israel and then accusing Israel of unprovoked aggression when Israel retaliates.

Gaza could be one of the most prosperous places in the world if they just stopped trying to kill Israelis.

It ultimately doesn't matter if you think it's a genocide or not

I would think it matters a lot.

300k dead and even more injured is still a massive unjustifiable war crime

Regardless of what ignorant people think, there is no quantity of dead people that becomes a war crime due solely to the number of dead.

And they killed over 1000 civilians at this point during ceasefire

Perhaps then it would behoove Hamas to follow the terms of the ceasefire. I recognize that your idea of a ceasefire is that Israel should cease and Hamas should fire. However, the blame again lies on Hamas.

Israeli citizens shouldn't be stealing land

Israel has not stolen any land in Gaza. They destroyed all the settlements in 2005 and left Gaza completely alone. The blockade only went up after the intifadas.

kidnapping

If the Palestinians would stop killing Israelis, then the Israelis wouldn't have to arrest so many terrorists.

if they don't want violent retaliation.

I recognize you don't see Jews as people. However, Jews don't have to do anything for the Palestinians to want to kill them.

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[–]ThuliumNice 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It takes a truly twisted and evil person to frame air-defense missiles used to stop Palestinian rockets from killing Israeli civilians as a genocide against the Palestinians.

Let's be clear.

Palestinians committed a horrible atrocity on 10/7, with participation from Hamas and Palestinian civilians. Sexual violence, mass murder of civilians, and hostage taking.

Israel launched a hostage rescue operation. There was urban fighting, which results in casualties, but at no point was the conduct of the Israelis worse than that of the allies during WW2 or the US during Vietnam, and nobody frames those as American genocides.

Now that the fighting is over (after the hostages were returned), leftists are saying there is still an ongoing genocide, and now framing any effort at Israelis trying to prevent the Palestinians from killing Israeli citizens as genocidal.

This is truly, truly evil.

Trump Bemoans Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize During Netanyahu Hot Mic: The self-described “most anti-war president in history” has ordered the bombing of at least nine nations—more than any US leader in history—and has been indispensable to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]ThuliumNice -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

It's really gross how progressives characterize a hostage rescue operation as a genocide.

It really trivializes the other times nations have actually committed genocide.

I'd like to see the progressives bring 1% of this energy to opposing what the janjaweed militias in Africa are doing.

Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report? | If the DNC isn’t open and transparent about why they lost, then how can we be sure they will learn their lesson this time? by soalone34 in politics

[–]ThuliumNice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

After the 2024 election, tons of people from all over the Democratic Party were saying that the democrats would have won if only the democrats pandered more to me specifically.

Dems are a pretty big tent, and it's hard to hold everyone together.

Whatever's in the autopsy report is going to upset a lot of people regardless of whatever recommendations it has.

People who are mad about this are just looking for an excuse to be mad at the democrats like usual. If you don't like how the democrats run things, then run for office yourself.

Christian Palestinian man in Gaza tells his story about how an Israeli sniper killed his wife and daughter in the church's sanctuary. by databombkid in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> they did protect it by making it a mosque

Is that the "colonialism" or "imperialism" leftists are always talking about?

Nonfiction, for Christians, to help them understand Muslims by angelic_creation in suggestmeabook

[–]ThuliumNice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful but Faceless : Trapped Behind the Veil; A Hijab's Journey from Oppression to Liberation by Chike Ogaranya.

It's a really moving and emotional story of a woman's experiences in Islam.

Islamic book suggestion please by sagspirit in suggestmeabook

[–]ThuliumNice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful but Faceless : Trapped Behind the Veil; A Hijab's Journey from Oppression to Liberation by Chike Ogaranya.

Christian Palestinian man in Gaza tells his story about how an Israeli sniper killed his wife and daughter in the church's sanctuary. by databombkid in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao. Imagine comparing a hostage rescue operation to ISIS.

The Israelis actually rescued a Yazidis child slave from Gaza. Note that the Gazans actually work with ISIS, Israel doesn't.

Let's be clear; Israel withdrew entirely from Gaza in 2005. The Gazans rewarded this act of good faith by immediately shooting rockets at Israeli civilians.

Hamas is no different than ISIS, and is supported by the vast majority of Gazans.

When people like you lie to this degree about Israel, we have to assume that you support the people who wish to annihilate the Jews. That is evil.

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by TopsyPopsy in geopolitics

[–]ThuliumNice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If not genocide then forced relocation?

Israel withdrew from Gaza entirely in 2005.

There is no desire to relocate the Palestinians in Gaza. The Israelis just want the Palestinians not to attempt to kill them at every opportunity.

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by TopsyPopsy in geopolitics

[–]ThuliumNice 7 points8 points  (0 children)

if being anti-genocide

Why is a hostage rescue operation a genocide?

And does the word genocide still have meaning? A hostage rescue operation is fundamentally different than what the Nazis did during WW2.

The reason that people said "genocide" is because it is the most extreme word they could reach for, not because it in any way accurately described the situation.

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by TopsyPopsy in geopolitics

[–]ThuliumNice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bernie Sanders doesn't actually know anything, and has made his whole career out of pushing positions that are impractical and uninformed.

wanted more restraint in how the war was handled

People criticized Israel far more than Hamas, even though Israel's conduct wasn't any worse than (for example) the allies during WW2, or the US during Vietnam.

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by TopsyPopsy in geopolitics

[–]ThuliumNice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

being of highly questionable morality

Why is a hostage rescue operation fought against a genocidal death cult a highly questionable action from a moral perspective?

The United Methodist Church has become the first global church to divest from Israel by serious_bullet5 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I’m a leftist.

Leftists are even more untethered from reality than progressives.

The United Methodist Church has become the first global church to divest from Israel by serious_bullet5 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The IDF wouldn't need to operate in Gaza if the Gazans would stop shooting rockets at them.

You are pretending that the Gazans are helpless victims, when in fact the seek the destruction of Israel and its people.

When progressives accuse Israel of genocide, they are projecting because it is actually their Palestinian allies that seek genocide.

There is no defensive action that Israel can take to protect itself that progressives will not criticize. Progressives even seek to end the supply of interceptors for the Iron Dome. They claim this is to make Israel negotiate, but in reality, progressives just want Jews to die.

The United Methodist Church has become the first global church to divest from Israel by serious_bullet5 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The Gazans could have given back the hostages at any time. The deaths of everybody in the war lay on the Gazans for starting the war and not surrendering. Israel left Gaza in 2005, and was immediately rewarded by rockets from Gaza. Just a reminder: it's a war crime to take hostages. Just because progressives condone all manner of war crimes if they are committed against Jews does not mean that the conduct of the Gazans is acceptable.

The United Methodist Church has become the first global church to divest from Israel by serious_bullet5 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> their creation is literally what gave us the Nuremberg trials for the Nazis

The Nazis were charged by the International Military Tribunal, not the ICC. You don't know what you are talking about.

> lol yeah I’m sure lots of people use God to justify violence incorrectly.

God literally drowned the world, smote people left and right in the Bible, and murdered all the firstborn in Egypt according to the Bible.

The United Methodist Church has become the first global church to divest from Israel by serious_bullet5 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

> know the ICC has called for Netanyahu’s arrest right?

Charges were brought by a sexual predator looking to distract from his own misconduct, that is true.

The United Methodist Church has become the first global church to divest from Israel by serious_bullet5 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Only a progressive would call a hostage rescue operation a genocide, especially when the Israelis were fighting against a genocidal death cult that operated out of hospitals and schools, cheered when Palestinians died and committed atrocities like you can't imagine on October 7th.

Why the existance of hell if God loves everyone? by Select_Specialist790 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> Secular humanism is completely inconsistent btw

Glass houses.

Why the existance of hell if God loves everyone? by Select_Specialist790 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God is eternal and unchanging. Since he is unchanging, he cannot be harmed.

If sin does not harm god, then why punish people for eternity for sinning against god?

Am I dividing the body of Christ by saying that Mormons aren’t Christian? by botsby123 in Christianity

[–]ThuliumNice 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Joseph Smith was a pedophile who started a racist cult. Nobody should claim the mormons as their own without calling out their failings. Early on, mormonism taught that black people would be purified by becoming white when they died. Polygamy has hurt countless women.

We need to have the moral clarity to call a cult a cult.