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I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

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Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#11

The neocons, who have ties to the Israel lobby, have been running the Republican party for some time, so this is not surprising.

If you skimmed the article it involves top level dems, too.

Disclaimer: I hate statists that dabble in religion. Send them to double-barrel buckshot hell.

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#12
While probably not related, this is weirdly similar to Executive Order 14042, which was the one produced by the current administration to mandate covid vaccinations among federal contractors and subcontractors. It's even down to the point where both seem to regulate not doing something.

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#13
Honestly, the obsession with these types of tropes are getting old. The world goes on, exemplary individuals shine and legislation gets passed, where are the narratives going to be when even questioning something so blatanly apparent is even a question worth asking?

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#15

The neocons, who have ties to the Israel lobby, have been running the Republican party for some time, so this is not surprising.

The article discusses similar executive orders and laws originating from Democrats as well (New York and California)...

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#16
Jesus I just had a comment that got banned in like 5 minutes. I don’t hate Jews or Muslims or anything, wtf. Here’s a quote:

> Yeah Israel sucks ass. But the alternative is Muslim zealots consolidating a lot more power in the region. Glass it TBH. P.U. let’s get some Pu.

Are Muslim zealots desirable? Are Jew zealots desirable? They all suck and my life is better without them both. I don’t hate btw.

E:about to get flagged…

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

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> There is going to be certain things that happen in Israel before Christ returns. There will be famines and disease and war. And the Jewish people are going to go back to their homeland. At that point Jesus Christ will come back to the earth.” He added, “Anybody, Jewish or not Jewish, that doesn’t accept Christ, in my opinion, will end up going to hell.” It is clear why America is mocked on the national stage.

First of you probably meant on the "international stage".

Second, America doesn't care about your xenophobia.

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#19
post #10

> There is going to be certain things that happen in Israel before Christ returns. There will be famines and disease and war. And the Jewish people are going to go back to their homeland. At that point Jesus Christ will come back to the earth.” He added, “Anybody, Jewish or not Jewish, that doesn’t accept Christ, in my opinion, will end up going to hell.” It is clear why America is mocked on the national stage.

Because people don't understand that individuals do not represent the whole? Do you make these points just about Americans, or do you use the same logic for other demographic information? If you see a black man rob a store, do you say "and this is why racist whites hate black people" as if it is somehow a pat on the back for the stereotyping group?

State senators do represent a whole bunch of individuals though. In fact you gotta get a whole bunch of individuals together to agree to elect one!

Re: I Live in Arkansas. Why Is My State Telling Me Not to Boycott Israel?

#20

> There is going to be certain things that happen in Israel before Christ returns. There will be famines and disease and war. And the Jewish people are going to go back to their homeland. At that point Jesus Christ will come back to the earth.” He added, “Anybody, Jewish or not Jewish, that doesn’t accept Christ, in my opinion, will end up going to hell.” It is clear why America is mocked on the national stage.

The people making the movie “Boycott” got a state senator to say that, but it's not what's driving the debate.
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