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AloeVera

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11. I'm glad you got some fun.

Reply to yardwork (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 16, 2025, 04:03 PM

Apr 16

We could all use a good laugh.

I have to learn to use the sarcasm emoji. I dislike it, seems disrespectful. But I shouldn't assume people "get" me.

There is a difference between "letting" something happen passively and actively planning and funding it. The belief in the latter - whether it's Bukele, Trump, Putin or Netanyahu - is the playground of conspiracy theorists and I'm not one.

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The Handbasket: It was never about antisemitism [View all] Dennis Donovan Apr 16 OP

Everything Trump is doing is antisemitic. yardwork Apr 16 #1

So in your view, Bukele is a self-hating Palestinian? He funded Hamas in order to help elect Trump so that he could... AloeVera Apr 16 #3

I think you've answered your own question. yardwork Apr 16 #4

So Netanyahu was in on Oct. 7th? AloeVera Apr 16 #6

Reading your post made me laugh. yardwork Apr 16 #9

I'm glad you got some fun. AloeVera Apr 16 #11

Chump uses it as a handy dog whistle, but he may not be anti-semitic himself FakeNoose Apr 16 #2

Trump is an all-around bigot. yardwork Apr 16 #5

That I can agree with! AloeVera Apr 16 #7

The article makes some really good points. AloeVera Apr 16 #8

It never is. Behind the Aegis Apr 16 #10