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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 13h

You can say someone is wrong on certain issues and not ascribe other beliefs to them that they don't hold. I wish liberals would stop with the bloody bad-faith readings of everything.

Holy Moses, how do you get from "I have ignorant views about trans people" to "I'm the avatar of Mussolini?!"

retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 13h

He's not espousing any of that. Saying that he sees problems with trans people in sports based on perceived differences of biological sex, however wrong, doesn't mean he believes in all that. He's not saying that everyone needs to submit to a corporatist state, or espousing legal racism, etc, FFS.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 13h

You support terrorists and the destruction of the majority-Jewish state that exists in the birthplace of Judaism and want Islamic supercessionists to own Jerusalem.

In a world where non-Muslims can't even visit Mecca and nobody questions the Catholic Church having an actual state, get bent.

A screenshot of a table from an academic paper titled "Palestine demographics, 1st century through the Mandate. Figures in thousands." This table shows a Jewish majority in Palestine until the end of the 4th century CE, at which time they were superceded by Christians (still mostly Jewish schismatics).

However, the table shows a *continuous, unbroken* Jewish presence in the area from antiquity until 1947. Jews were always there because Judaism originated there, and all ethnic Jews have Levantine DNA showing that they too originated there

A highway sign in Saudi Arabia showing an exit to the road towards Mecca and Medina, labelled "Muslims Only."

And Israel is accused of apartheid because it enforces its borders against a hostile quasi-state entity with UN and limited international recognition... Oh look, anti-Israel DARVO again.

A picture of a fresco on the Arch of Titus, erected in 81 CE by the Roman Emperor Domitian, to commemorate the Roman conquest of Judea in 70 CE by his brother Titus. The fresco, which exists in Rome today, depicts Jewish captives carrying the sacred items looted from the Temple in Jerusalem. The menorah, centre-left, is instantly recognizable.

This is yet more physical evidence of a Jewish presence in Israel and reason why Jews must be allowed to have self-determination in their ancestral and spiritual homeland, Israel, and reason why the Palestinianist objective to create an Islamic state (dictatorship) in Israel's place is unfair to Jews, and denies them their legitimate religious and land rights.

An image containing a picture of an article published in a Dutch newspaper on March 31, 1977, and its English translation. It's a statement from PLO spokesman Zohair Mohsen on Palestinians. It reads

There are no differences between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese. We are part of one people, the Arab nation. Look, I have family members with Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanians, and Syrian citizenship. We are one people.

Only for political reasons we do carefully maintain our Palestinian identity. Indeed, it is of national importance for the Arabs to insist on the existence of a Palestinian people to oppose Zionism.

Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity is only there for tactical reasons."

In other words, Palestinian "identity" is a political tool to strip Jews of their political rights to self-determination and peoplehood, and their religious rights to the birthplace and spiritual centre of Judaism, which is what "opposing Zionism" means in concrete terms.

retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 14h

Jews are indigenous to Israel, not settler-colonials. Those would be the Arabs and Ottomans, who first arrived in the 7th Century CE. Where the fuck do you think Jews come from, fucking Poland?

Hamas is the actual death cult. They literally have a policy of putting civilians in harm's way.

A screenshot of an article from the Wall Street Journal about Hamas' policy of putting civilians in harm's way to maximize civilian deaths, in order to cause well-meaning people around the world to pressure Israel to stop its anti-Hamas military operations prematurely, leaving Hamas capable of launching further genocidal campaigns against Israel. The headline is "Gaza Chief's Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas."

A screenshot of a table from an academic paper titled "Palestine demographics, 1st century through the Mandate. Figures in thousands." The table shows Jews as the majority population in the region until the 5th century CE, when they're superceded by Christians. This is slightly misleading, though, since most Christians in the area at the time were either Jews who converted to Christianity, or descendants of Jewish converts to Christianity, effectively showing that Jews or Jewish schismatics were the majority in Palestine until the 13th century CE, approximately, at which time they were outnumbered by Muslim settler-colonials or converts (forced or not).

A screenshot of an overview of Hamas. The key section is "The group is committed to armed resistance against Israel and the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel's place."

Why do Muslims get to own the birthplace of Judaism?

A screenshot of a Wikipedia article on the Trumpeting Place inscription, a stone marker that was once part of the Jewish Second Temple in Jerusalem. This stone marked the spot where a priest would stand and blow the shofar to announce the beginning of Shabbat and holy days, during the Herodian period.

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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 20h

I joined advocates outside the PMO to say this clearly: no cuts to foreign aid. Carney promised it—keep it. Protect and expand Canada’s support for the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. Canada must lead, not retreat. Lives are at stake.#cdnpoli @ResultsCda.bsky.social

Advocates call on Carney to keep his promise to not cut foreign aid in budget

With Mark Carney’s first ever federal budget just over a week away, international development advocates are calling on the prime minister to keep his pre-election pledge to uphold foreign aid funding.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 14h

I wish someone would nail him British-style with a barrage of increasingly specific follow-up questions to see if anyone can actually squeeze an actual answer out of him. But the DC press corps might as well be the DC press corpse.

retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 1d

They already don't have real citizenship, democracy, human rights, or anything more than serfdom to Hamas.

The oligarchs at least would probably not summarily execute them. And they might stop firing rockets at Israel and might not be raised from birth to hate Jews and want to murder them all.

A screenshot of an article from CNN from October 15, 2025, with the headline "Masked Hamas fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as the group fights with rival powers."

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 1d

Considering that the only contribution to the world the Palestinians have ever made is inventing new forms of terrorism, that isn't even close to funny. They are a mob.

Those assholes used to hijack and blow up airplanes on the regular, and I take that personally. It could have been me.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists blowing up hijacked airplanes at Dawson's Field, near Zarqa, Jordan, 12 September 1970. This event directly precipitated the Black September military conflict in Jordan and King Hussein declaring martial law.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 1d

Please stop being antisemitic. You don't actually know the first thing about Judaism.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 1d

So what you're telling us is that Fuentes has moved from neo-Naziism to being a Nazbol. Super.

retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 1d

This is what they mean when they say "I didn't vote for this."

A screenshot of an article from MSNBC from 2016 with the headline "Trump voter: He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting"

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

I think Idi Amin might have been stupider, just on raw intelligence, but he is pretty stupid.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

It's encysted in scabs in bodies in the melting permafrost.

People have already gotten sick from anthrax contracted from dead reindeer that had been frozen in permafrost that melted.

You're welcome.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

You would hope, but Ford pardoned Nixon, nobody very high up in the Reagan administration went to prison for all the things they did, et cetera, and the US has a habit of doing the "look forward not back" thing that lets the perps escape accountability.

retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

Calling Hamas' war of choice against Israel a genocide committed by Israel against a growing population is an egregious lie.

www.worldometers.info/world-popula...

State of Palestine Population (2025) - Worldometer

Population of the State of Palestine: current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, immigration, median age, total fertility rate (TFR), population density, urbanization, urban populatio...

www.worldometers.info

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

He told the truth about Trump from 40 years in the past! It's two miracles in one! (Because when did that addled asshole ever tell the truth?)

retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

Please for the love of G-d, in the aftermath of all this, don't do that same old "We need to look forward, not back" bullshit that you Americans seem to love. You're going to need actual trials and some kind of Congressional Commission or something at least. Please. I'm begging you.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

The answer is yes. Just like Trump’s Azerbaijan hotel was a money laundering front for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Senate Dems are demanding answers about Trump's White House demolition and whether any of the donors could be engaging in "quid pro quo arrangements."

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and colleagues are requesting a detailed accounting of the donors and specifics about the contracting and approval process.

Trump demolishes the East Wing — and White House norms

The East Wing's rapid razing bypassed a detailed process for major federal renovation projects in Washington. Now, Senate Democrats are demanding answers.

www.msnbc.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 3d

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure my best friend would like those.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

They want to make sure that no poor person can do anything pleasurable at all - no sex, no drugs, no alcohol, no junk food, live on beans and rice forever, no entertainment if they can manage that...

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

Yes it is. Humans can be unspeakably vile.

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Love Wins Always @lovewinzalways.bsky.social · Apr 5

This is the critical point—for a substantial plurality of men, the line between cosplay and real-life villainy has completely dissolved.
The millennial/Gen Z hard right views harm to an innocent as hilarious irony; the act of *causing* that harm is perceived as no more "real" than playing a prank.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Apr 5

Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back.

They think it’s funny.

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retired747.bsky.social @retired747.bsky.social · 2d

It's me. But I'm in Toronto. You can find me way at the back of the apron at YYZ.