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Congressman rebuked for call to bomb Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 118 points 4 months ago

The comments by US House representative Tim Walberg of Michigan drew condemnation from progressive political quarters, including from some who expressed disbelief that a former Christian pastor would advocate for what they called the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

WWJD: Love thy brother. Nuke thy neighbor.

Christians are fucked in the head.

[-] BewitchedBargain@reddthat.com 54 points 4 months ago

WWJD: Love thy brother. Nuke thy neighbor.

Not only that, but nuke the region that was the home to Jesus.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 31 points 4 months ago

End-of-world evangelicals want the world to end. Global pollution, climate change, human rights, et al. don't matter because rapture or some crazy shit like that.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Imagine being a genocidal monster and genuinely thinking God is going to come and save you for being good. If he came, he would take one look at you, charge up 2 million volts of electricity from the sky at your location and then smite the ever-loving shit out of you into fine ash.

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 88 points 4 months ago

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 22 points 4 months ago

Sad because it is true.

[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 54 points 4 months ago

God sometimes when I read stuff like this as a post I reflexively down vote because I hate it so much until I remember it's just a post calling attention to someone being a piece of shit and not agreeing with them. I up voted again to fix it lol

[-] nuggsy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I have this same reaction quite often...

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[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 38 points 4 months ago

It just occurred to me that there are probably people who look at those bombings - after the war was effectively over BTW - not as evil (my view), nor as a regrettable but necessary way to avert American deaths, but as an actual heroic act.

Jesus, how do I live in a world where there are people like that running around having normal lives...?

[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 months ago

If you were in the other thread about these bombings yesterday, you'd see that viewpoint is basically what the US teaches in school. It's disturbing to see that so many people actually believe this was for the good of humanity.

[-] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago

That continues to be my parents' view (I suspect the same is true for many of our parents). It'll be a few generations before the fiction around Hiroshima gets wiped away. Hell, the '21 Tulsa massacre is only now getting some actual cultural awareness, and that's only because it was depicted in the first scene of The Watchmen.

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

but as an actual heroic act

They’ve been doing it since at least 2014:

Israelis Watch Bombs Drop on Gaza From Front-Row Seats

(Sorry for the nyt article, here’s the guardian as well)

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[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 32 points 4 months ago

Least genocidal conservative

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 26 points 4 months ago

Doesn't the congressman know that you aren't supposed to say the plan outloud? You are just supposed to provide all the bombs and arms required no strings attached. These new republicans just don't understand decorum.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 14 points 4 months ago

It's not like anyone in the Israeli government was hiding the fact that their plan was genocide either. It's only the state department and mainstream media that are pretending to be shocked that there's 'collateral damage'.

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 months ago

American Nazi

[-] Doods@infosec.pub 6 points 4 months ago

Average American power holder

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

He voted nay to "Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives." Another old fart that graduated bible college

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago

I don't think the Man from Galilee would appreciate any of this.

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[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

See: America has Nazis too!

[-] Naloxone@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Always has.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago

He's just saying the quiet part out loud.

[-] antidote101@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

The whole region should be placed under international administration, just like Germany after the war.

[-] caveman@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It was before, under the League of nations. Jewish terrorists under Irgun and Stern group (which later formed IDF) bombed the international administration to get land and get them out. When England gave up, Israel took the land

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

It is the international meddling that caused the problem

[-] HowMany@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

he should be removed from office.

[-] HowMany@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

he should be removed to a jail cell.

[-] CanadaPlus 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, in Canada this would already be unambiguously criminal. Once the new law passes it will also carry a potential sentence of life, which is based.

[-] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

He should be thrown from a bridge, actually.

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[-] some_guy 8 points 4 months ago

Asshole.

[-] atturaya@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 months ago

how is this any different from Genocide Joe's or any congressperson's position? Israel has already dropped the equivalent of several nukes on Gaza, and they still have the US's unconditional backing.