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Apr 14·edited Apr 14

They are protesting the US and don't even understand that the reason they can is because they are IN the US. Try a protest against the government in one of the countries they are cheering for...

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Why did the Teamsters allow this group to meet in their basement???

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I was in New York City on Friday and there was a march of Palestinian supporters, probably a few hundred or maybe even 1,000. However, NO ONE they walked past cheered them on, or even gave a thumbs up. I saw a few people give them the middle finger, but that seemed more out of inconvenience at being kept from crossing the street than disagreeing with their message. The protesters are loud and know how to use social media to amplify their message, but, even at large universities, they're not even close to a majority.

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Those who see themselves as "part of the arc of resistance" should read about the brutality unleashed on the people of Syria by Bashar al-Assad, the brutality unleashed on the people of Iran, particularly on women determined to live a free life, the brutality of Hamas on dissidents, and on and on. The unwillingness of so many people to confront the truth is beyond belief.

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People who live in America shouting death to America should be flown to the country of their choice. Calling for the death of an entire race is not freedom of speech it is inciting a person to harm another. It is insurrection and as we have seen people are imprisoned for such.

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Cowards all. None of them would ever fight for anything, physically. THEY ARE WEARING MASKS IN 2024. Dear God, even the Iranians have to be wondering: is THIS who we have to work with? Infidels, gays, self loathing Jews, and lunatics?

But I think the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" comes out of that region somewhere, and you take useful idiots wherever you can find them.

I will note, as has happened often, that our worst critics would never consider living anywhere else. And practically speaking, most of the world would not put up with their bullshit anyway. They are pawns, to be used as needed, and discarded when they become inconvenient.

It may be that none of them said to themselves "I want to be the dupe of psychotic misogynists, homophobes and racists when I grow up", but you know, a lot of us wind up somewhere other than where we planned. This kind of IS a delusion and failure on a much higher level, though, isn't it?

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They and the regime that supports them here are an existential threat to the Republic.

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According to the newsletter I received from American Friends of Magen David Adom this morning, a seven year-old girl suffered a critical head wound from shrapnel when her bedroom in the Negev was hit by a Iranian missile.

Think of her and other innocents when you see Iran's and Hamas' and Hezbollah's rotten apologists in action.

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Mahsa Amini. In September 2022, she was murdered (beaten to death) in an Iranian police station for disobeying the Islamic dress code; her hijab was ill-fitting; showing too much hair. There was massive outcry; protests in the streets, Iranian women were videoed cutting their hair and burning their hijabs. There were arrests, tortures and hangings. The protests grew and grew to worldwide proportions and here in the U.S., a number of celebrities jumped on the bandwagon (although I don't recall seeing Susan Sarandon or Mark Ruffalo). Last night's battlecry was, "Hands Off Iran." Forget about history; these uneducated educated will soon realize that no matter how hard they struggle, they will eventually land on the wrong side and history will label them as nameless, dangerous fools.

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These people would have been proud Nazis. So sad they can't learn from history...

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They wear masks to hide their identity or to show their fascist tendencies?

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Olivia, please follow up with the Teamsters about this.

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Genuinely sick mentally ill people.

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So many things to say. Here's a few: "A woman in a hot pink gas mask, wielding a matching neon cane and dressed in a “Protect Trans Kids” t-shirt, throws her fist in the air." If she were in Iran or its satellites, or in a World taken over by Iran, she, her t-shirt, her fist, and unfortunate Trans Kids would all be thrown off the rooftops. Second, if these people hate America so much, they should leave, it's that simple. Third, it's amazing how after Oct. 7th there are so many Middle East experts among us. They should all have full Professorships in Middle East Diplomacy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Diplomacy. Finally, if they disrupt Biden's chances for reelection (just as they hurt Hillary's chances of election), they will, at the margin, bring us Trump and really find out what living in a Fascist world is like and see the U.S. and Israel finally destroy their beloved Ayatollahs.

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Well, asshat basement dwellers, the Israeli Air Force - together with a little help from our friends - managed to take out 99% of the drones and missiles. There was only one person in Israel injured - a little Muslim girl. I slept pretty well in Israel last night - and most Israelis were absolutely not in any kind of panic. Trust in God and the IDF.

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Queers for Palestine launch a Queers for Iran yet?

They should hold their confab in Tehran. They’ll only need one way tickets since they won’t be coming back.

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