Clearly Hamas is the very caricature of evil so anything less than sadistic violence must be done for propaganda purposes

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In that case Israel could learn a thing or two because they suck at coming off as anything other than genocidal maniacs.

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41 points

:say-the-line-bart:

During the Cold War, the anti-communist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime’s atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn’t go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them. If communists in the United States played an important role struggling for the rights of workers, the poor, African-Americans, women, and others, this was only their guileful way of gathering support among disfranchised groups and gaining power for themselves. How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained. What we are dealing with is a nonfalsifiable orthodoxy, so assiduously marketed by the ruling interests that it affected people across the entire political spectrum.

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13 points

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39 points

Hamas are such virtue signalers smh

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“You know who else loved animals? Hitler. So leaving that dog alive is actually terribly Anti-semitic.”

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14 points
  • That one blog author that wrote about non-Israeli jews ruining the bloodline and their culture
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Where is this from? I want to know who thinks not killing a dog is propaganda.

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