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Of course not - Bibi just

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 13:20:29 +0000

Of course not - Bibi just likes to *see* collateral civilian damage, not joke about it. Though it was all an accident, honest.

Of course "I, the Prime Minister of Israel, care more about Palestinians than their own leaders do. Israel cares more about Palestinians than their own leaders do" - much like Trump cares more for Blacks & Hispanics than Democrats do.

Netanyahu has pulled so much shit and told so many lies over the years that you really shouldn't be surprised when people take distortions serious - he's his own caricature. And yeah, the motherfucker coming to Congress on GOP invite to scold Obama? should have found a way to withhold every cent of aid until he came crawling for forgiveness. Sadly that likely won't happen. Though I will be happy if he gets found to be part of hacking our election in 2016, as sale of Pegasus to the Saudis may start to divulge.

These satirical memes are

Aaron Carine — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:46:47 +0000

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These satirical memes are always being taken as fact. Some of you may have seen the video, from a Dutch comedy show, that had Netanyahu at a press conference boasting of killing Palestinian children. I don't see how anyone could believe he would say that at a press conference, but they did.

Sad. Such poverty of spirit.

Flavius — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:28:27 +0000

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Sad. Such poverty of spirit. At some level my first reaction is sorrow for those who are forced to share their lives with the writers, Although I get it that for some of the authors spilling such venom is probably the high
point of their day (lord !) and they rose from the lab top smiling.

Better that than kicking the dog!

My goodness, people think

Michael Maiello — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:38:22 +0000

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My goodness, people think Trump is popular for winning one election, on a technicality, where he got fewer votes than his opponent, but Nancy Pelosi, who has literally built her career by winning popularity contests over and over and over again, at regular intervals, is... divisive?

I think Pelosi is great

artappraiser — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 06:33:12 +0000

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I think Pelosi is great testament to being able to learn, over time and through many mistakes, how not to feed trolls. I see a marked change in the way she comports herself. I even have had the thought that Trump's extreme trolling may have helped her "see" the way out of feeding the hate trolls' memes syndrome. All that extreme smearing by radical righties that you gave for an example, it doesn't really stick with rational centrist people if you don't hyperventilate and troll back. And ridiculing with humor is a great tool as well. In the past, more than a few political campaigns have lived or died depending upon what Saturday Night Live did with them.

I am seeing the same thing to a lesser extent in recent appearances I have seen on TV by another favorite of the right wing trolls, Maxine Waters. She has been acting more "grown up talking about silly children" and less like angry pushback to equal enemy combatants. As a pol, you show both power and maturity by being able to control your emotions and passions and not feed trolls. When the label "shrill" sticks, that should be a warning sign.