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Violet_Crumble

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21. So what? Are you going to apply that logic to everything else?
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 04:40 AM
Nov 2023

I can kick this one off:

At the time when the First Fleet arrived, there was no Australia. Just some Aboriginals living their best life, hanging out, subsistence farming, but not owning any land. Clearly the British needed to step in and administer this hot mess. Now they're claiming that they're the original owners of this land. How can that be so when it wasn't called Australia? If Australia ceases to exist, will New Zealand arrive and take over? Because there's no way we can trust thosePalestinians Aboriginals to run things for themselves, right?

I dunno, how about the West Bank and Gaza be governed by Palestinians? Y'know, the people who actually live there?

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There is only one state of Israel and Palistine is in it WA-03 Democrat Nov 2023 #1
The map he's holding up doesn't show Palestine RainWalker Nov 2023 #5
Try to keep up WA-03 Democrat Nov 2023 #10
Whoosh RainWalker Nov 2023 #11
Not claudette Nov 2023 #29
Palestine is not a part of Israel Violet_Crumble Nov 2023 #19
Actually there are some Palestinians and Arabs Darwins_Retriever Nov 2023 #32
Don't expect honest answers. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #2
Right? RainWalker Nov 2023 #6
I call it a map of countries Israel with whom Israel has negotiated peace treaties. CincyDem Nov 2023 #3
The map he's holding up doesn't show Palestine RainWalker Nov 2023 #4
Well...once you believe something, it becomes the lens through which all other information is filtered. CincyDem Nov 2023 #7
Maybe claudette Nov 2023 #30
That's not correct.... Violet_Crumble Nov 2023 #20
Maybe I misunderstood. AloeVera Nov 2023 #24
At the time of the partition, there was no Palestine Darwins_Retriever Nov 2023 #8
So what? Are you going to apply that logic to everything else? Violet_Crumble Nov 2023 #21
Interesting. AloeVera Nov 2023 #25
Except that claudette Nov 2023 #28
'from the river to the sea' IS bad stopdiggin Nov 2023 #9
Nah it's not RainWalker Nov 2023 #12
even when using terms explicitly calling for genicide ... stopdiggin Nov 2023 #13
What term is calling for genocide? RainWalker Nov 2023 #14
an overt and explicit call for the destruction stopdiggin Nov 2023 #15
Nah it isn't RainWalker Nov 2023 #16
'river to the sea', my friend stopdiggin Nov 2023 #17
It's about humanity RainWalker Nov 2023 #18
Big dreams. AloeVera Nov 2023 #22
Is there genocidal intent in THIS? AloeVera Nov 2023 #23
When will leaders learn to leave the Sharpies in the office? Always lead to controversy. Silent Type Nov 2023 #26
That's claudette Nov 2023 #27
this is a dumb meme. I'm no fan of Netanyahu but an out of context map that emphasizes some neighboring countries LymphocyteLover Nov 2023 #31
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