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Chris Peterson

@realchrispeterson.bsky.social

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Paperboy, amateur submarine captain, and part-time model.

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · Feb 2

Stop giving money to the New York Times. Any money.

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 2h

Being a punter in the NFL allowed him a platform to become an extremely well known advocate for issues like same sex marriage. It got him published in Deadspin and on the Ellen show. He had a massive following on twitter.

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 2h

The fact that you were not aware of him is not really predictive of everyone else.

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 3h

Which are the Iraqi dishes that Israel has stolen?

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 3h

Is a California roll Japanese?

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 3h

But if it becomes as widespread and associated with US culture as pizza, hot dogs, and tacos, then yeah. Sushi will be American food.

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 3h

Is this the same thing a middle eastern Jews making the food of the region they live in for centuries, you figure?

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 3h

Why not? Israeli cuisine is the food commonly eaten in Israel.

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 5h

This is like saying American cuisine comes many the foods of many other cultures, which is not controversial for some reason.

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 5h

Did you actually read this? Very quickly it talks about how what is considered Israeli cuisine originated in wider Middle eastern cuisines.

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 6h

Can you tell me exactly what these restaurants told you then?

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 7h

That's a good bit

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 7h

I heard Obama did it. He's kind of built different though. I'm not sure you could handle it.

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 8h

First off, I don't believe for a second that any of them are just telling customers, "just so you're not confused, no other middle easterners can claim hummus", and second, isn't it odd that you never see this trope about Greeks or Turks?

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 8h

Well now you know a new stereotype about Jews that antisemites love to play with. What you do with that information is up to you.

Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social · 8h

So when you went to restaurants in Israel and Israeli restaurants in America and they said these are the foods eaten in Israel, they specifically said "We invented these. No one else can claim this"?