Flashermac Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Some newspapers are calling Bowers a "Christian Nationalist", whatever that means. However, there is no suggestion that he belonged to any church or ever attended one. Does hating Jews make you a Christian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 13 hours ago, Coss said: I understand that there are feckless morons in our societies, but in general, the USA seems to be the only place, where they've bred to be, a voting block of significant size, in NZ they are there, but are in a small minority. One hopes that the voting in the next week or so will sort them out. One thing Americans find normal but like you Coss, non Americans see as mind boggling is how much religion plays in our politics. From the outside in, it seems like the western version of what we see in some moslem countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Now that also in Germany right and left wing real nutcases feel encouraged outing themselves I doubt there is a lesser percentage of them around than in the US. Difference still being that not any disturbed arsehole could easily buy a load of submachine guns and shoot people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 The separation of state and religion, prolly should be, the separation of people and religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Khashoggi was to disclose Saudi use of chemical weapons in Yemen https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/10/28/578383/Khashoggi-chemical-weapons-yemen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 And if the airwaves are a bit quiet on Russia, Trump and Mueller... take look here :: https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 5 hours ago, Coss said: Khashoggi was to disclose Saudi use of chemical weapons in Yemen https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/10/28/578383/Khashoggi-chemical-weapons-yemen So, basically he was stating what has already been known to the western governments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 'nuff to get yer head removed that is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I think Israel and the American Jewish community "looked the other way" with regards to Trump or more specifically, the groups and people that support him who were often antisemitic. I can't think of too many white nationalists/supremacists who aren't anti semitic in practice if not hidden in thought, and they ignored it because 1. He has a Jewish son in law and his favored daughter who converted and 2. He is moving the embassy to Jerusalem. Even the the killer said he was angry at Trump, he fits in the list of groups and individuals who feel emboldened by him. Or that is what is said. I also think they cast a wary eye knowing if you let these kinds of groups get too confident they will eventually come for you. Jews were some of the first non Blacks to join the Civil Rights movement because the Holocaust was fresh in their minds. We're talking the mid 50s to the mid 60s, only a decade or two since WW2 and many people had lost a parent or grandparent in the death camps. And to many they had a 'nip this (Segregation) thing in the bud because Germany started the same way. In fact, part of Germany's exclusion laws were based in part on how segregation in the south was set up. Anyway, I digress. There are of course many who support Trump, simply because he is the standard bearer for their party and so he gets their support, just as I would expect many Democrats who don't really like Hillary to support her anyway if she were President. Identity politics is huge with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 The end of birthright citizenship? https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/politics/donald-trump-ending-birthright-citizenship/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1123oPmu026YhrbJ_tskgOG5sMKoF9J86tkro6URjyJVbQfpIm7UrrAvg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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