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Israel-Gaza Megathread #3
This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
Now is the moment for Israel to return to its founding premise: the Jewish State has an absolute right to exist. A Divine gift, gifted to a Divine nation, charged with a Divine purpose.
Very strange for professing Hindu to say.
Yes, technically, all life has a divine soul and divine essence, but we know Vivek does not wanted to say it, we know he wanted to say: "Hello my fellow Evangelicals, I am one of you! Vote for me!"
And, judging from bird site, it does not work. Every Vivek's tweet talking about God is followed by numerous Christians posting pics of many armed Hindu deities and asking "What God, Vivek? WHAT GOD?"
I experience an odd dichotomy whenever I read or listen to something this guy said.
On one hand I find myself wondering how is this guy even in the running? Everything about him just screams sketchy con-artist and not a particularly competent or intelligent one at that. On the other, the devil on my shoulder who always assumes the worst of people is whispering "you know exactly why he's in the running"
Vivek might not seem very intelligent to you because you're not in his target audience, but in my opinion, the things he says and tweets are perfect for appealing to a populist American conservative.
the things he says and tweets are perfect for appealing to a populist American conservative.
something must be off then, because if his aim is to capture the unironic MAGA-hat wearing crowd (as distinct from a Twitter-leftist's caricature thereof) he's going about it wrong. His base of support within the GOP is not the populists, it's the east coast patrician types.
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In another related dead bird news, Vivek goes into full Hindu Zionist mode.
2000's Onion satire again becomes 2020's reality.
Very strange for professing Hindu to say.
Yes, technically, all life has a divine soul and divine essence, but we know Vivek does not wanted to say it, we know he wanted to say: "Hello my fellow Evangelicals, I am one of you! Vote for me!"
And, judging from bird site, it does not work. Every Vivek's tweet talking about God is followed by numerous Christians posting pics of many armed Hindu deities and asking "What God, Vivek? WHAT GOD?"
I experience an odd dichotomy whenever I read or listen to something this guy said.
On one hand I find myself wondering how is this guy even in the running? Everything about him just screams sketchy con-artist and not a particularly competent or intelligent one at that. On the other, the devil on my shoulder who always assumes the worst of people is whispering "you know exactly why he's in the running"
Vivek might not seem very intelligent to you because you're not in his target audience, but in my opinion, the things he says and tweets are perfect for appealing to a populist American conservative.
...
something must be off then, because if his aim is to capture the unironic MAGA-hat wearing crowd (as distinct from a Twitter-leftist's caricature thereof) he's going about it wrong. His base of support within the GOP is not the populists, it's the east coast patrician types.
Wrong how?
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