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[–] edge@hexbear.net 110 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

"Kidnapped from his tank" has to be one of the most self-evidently egregious bits of journalistic malpractice from this whole thing.

It takes no context at all to know that if someone is in a tank, they're a solider, and soldiers don't get "kidnapped", they get captured.

There can't even be a subconscious bias by "journalists" who have fully bought the propaganda making them write it without thinking about it. There's no way to mentally form the phrase "kidnapped from his tank" without absolutely knowing what you're doing.

I would say I hope they feel a little shame each time they write that, but I know they don't.

[–] refolde@hexbear.net 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Journalists who write this shit deserve to be buried alive.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 3 days ago

I think beaten with crowbars is also needed

[–] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its one of the reasons leftists should consider journalists collaborators. Calling it a "war" is another red flag

[–] Staines@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago

To lie like they do, you must know the truth and dance around it, for blood money.

No rehabilitation for stenographic mercenaries.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What you don't just take your tank on a cruise around town? Pop out in the tank to get some groceries?

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

My state won't even let me drive a tank around town anymore, all because of Big Woke.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 40 points 3 days ago

They also don't extend the same kindness to Hamas or Palestinian people. They are captured, even if they are not combatants, and they are prisoners when they get released, not hostages.

[–] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This ridiculous wording broke my brain. I thought maybe hamas liberated a killer whale or something, like maybe they've got a peta arm. Dumb, sure, but not as dumb as this. I don't even feel bad, "kidnapping" a soldier is too stupid to consider

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago

I was having a hard time myself wondering who was being kept in a terrarium and why.

Like you said, the real thing is actually more dumb.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

TBH, it is so absurd, it can be a deliberate malicious compliance.

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 101 points 3 days ago

what was he doing in the tank? honk

what was he doing in the damn tank? big-honk

[–] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 46 points 3 days ago

Shouldn’t liberals be happy about a tankie getting kidnapped? thinkin-lenin

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 63 points 3 days ago (1 children)

he was just peacefully driving around in his tank, writing poems and bringing stuffed animals and candy to the children of the neighborhood.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 55 points 3 days ago

"We came in peace, seeking gold and slaves."

[–] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 62 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If only there was some term for soldiers captured by their enemy. Perhaps we could even have some sort of international legal code to govern the conduct and treatment of these people.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 59 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am Nimrod's brother. When I see people make fun of him and associate him with the government, it makes me sad. He is a nice man who loves animals and laughing. Please be more considerate.

Thank you,

  • Dumbass Cohen
[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who made that man a tank commander?

I did, sir, he's my cousin! thumb-cop

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 46 points 3 days ago

for an entity that is extremly interested in referring to its genocide on Gaza as a war, pretty fun that they want to call their POW's "hostages" and they call the Palestinian hostages they took "prisoners."

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 46 points 3 days ago

The evil Soviet Union kidnapped the German sixth army who were just minding their own business in Stalingrad

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 47 points 3 days ago

It's comical how Israel will work itself in circles to present even their military as being poor, innocent, doe eyed do-gooders

[–] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

You can type the words "A thread" OR use the emoji for thread. You don't need both.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 43 points 3 days ago

Cant even say prisoners of war anymore

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My brain was too innocent for a moment and I thought nimrod was a fish

[–] christian@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

My mind went through different aquarium creatures. I only got clued in on re-read when I was wondering if the (20) was meant to indicate the manatee's age.

It's terrifying because what if Hamas trains their Israeli manatee hostages? What if they take this war to the bottom of the sea?

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago

I had a similar moment. It’s so messed up the way they’re talking about this.

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Nimrod can mean a slang term for idiot or jerk, a biblical figure who was a hunter and king, or a hunter in general

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 56 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

One of my favorite little facts is that "nimrod" entered the lexicon as synonym of "moron" because Bugs Bunny kept applying it to ~~Elmer Fudd~~ Marvin the Martian and very Christian America was too Biblically illiterate to understand that he was making a sarcastic reference.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Elmer Fudd

Not correct actually, it was Marvin the Martian he called Nimrod and it was because of his Roman centurion garb.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago

You learn something new every day! Thanks for the correction.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago

Which is why it's very funny that one of the X-Men's greatest villains is an evil robot from the future named Nimrod

[–] miz@hexbear.net 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

brutal treatment

the network of torture camps run by the apartheid zionist entity

https://www.btselem.org/publications/202408_welcome_to_hell

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Just innocently driving his tank down a street, minding his own business when he was ruthlessly and brutally captured for reasons unknown, despite being completely innocent of anything, including assaulting civilians with a tank.

[–] Balefirex@hexbear.net 28 points 3 days ago

is this an april fools joke?

[–] Xenomorph@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm in my mum's tank, vroom vroom! hamas-base

Oh no here comes hamas! the-boys-are-back-in-town

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's an old testament name

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh okay. I thought he was named after the Greed Day album.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

Nimrod Dookie

[–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 days ago

Nice going, Nimrod.