• Machinist@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Mike Johnson is fucking spooky. I’ve been saying this for a few years now, when his Covenant Eyes usage made news.

    He is a true believer, he’s on a mission from god. He’s smart. He will not care about the people crushed by the machine, as that is the fruit of their depravity in his worldview.

    Watch this motherfucker. Trump and Vance are motivated by greed and power. You need to look to fundamentalist Islamic leaders for a similar mindset to Johnson.

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        10 months ago

        I would think Netanyahu is closer to the greed and corruption model. He needs the war to keep his slimy ass out of jail.

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          Netanyahu is a Zionist. The circumstances that he’s brought upon himself don’t negate that fact.

          The US was Zion for almost all of the Jews until the end of WWII. This isn’t a coincidence.

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              10 months ago

              How is Netanyahu being a cultist immaterial to a discussion about true believers that are causing evil with their positions of power?

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                Because, at the end of the day, Netanyahu will do or say anything to save his neck. He’s not a fanatic like Johnson. He’s like Trump and Vance.

                I.E. Johnson would die for his beliefs and will kill or allow the deaths of those that he considers to be evil/subhuman like: queer people, immigrants, any religion other than Christianity or Judaism, etc.

                Netanyahu will kill or do anything to protect or enrich himself. His Zionism is just a useful tool, and if it didn’t serve him, he’d drop it. (Not that that would ever be the case) Netanyahu would load jewish babies into a wood chipper while sucking off an Imam if it would keep him alive.

                Look at what these people do, not what they say.

                You’re so wound up on the whole Israel thing that you’re missing the point. Also, quit doing this purity test crap. It leaves you unable to understand the nuance in these things.

                Johnson is more of a true Zionist than Netanyahu if you need to frame it that way. He is similar to Ali Khamenei in the fervency of his beliefs. I don’t have a good example of a Jewish politician as I’m weak on Israeli internal politics.

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    How the hell can these people call themselves conservative. What kind of conservative calls for greater executive power?

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      Conservative means “There must be in-groups for the law to protect but not bind, and out-groups for the law to bind but not protect.” That’s it. They are childish assholes that only care about power for their group, and keeping other people out of power. They are the worst sort of people.

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      That tracks. They treat the Constitution the same way they treat the Bible. What is written there doesn’t matter. It’s not a thing that actually exists but a concept, and that concept “says” whatever they want it to say.

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    Do these people understand that once they give away these powers the next person who wrestles away power from trump may see them as an enemy? With the constitutional power to disappear homegrown terrorists nobody is safe.

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    “Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional. I’m persuaded by that argument.”

    I don’t think he was persuaded by the argument, I think he was hoping such an argument existed. Anything for daddy Trump.

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    10 months ago

    Party of small government everybody. If they didn’t have double standards and lies, they wouldn’t have any standards or things to talk about.

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    Imagine being so cucked that you give away your already incredibly narrow and ever shrinking powers. What a fucking buffoon.

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    He should, for a change, read and try to understand the Constitution he has sworn to uphold. Or, if he is to stupid for that, have someone slowly explain it to him.

    It can’t be “unconstitutional” when it is right in the Constitution.

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      He doesn’t know what the Constitution is, like he doesn’t know what the Declaration of Independence is as well. He even stated boycotting is illegal, and you shouldn’t protest against Israel.

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      The reason he’s saying wrong things is not due to lack of understanding. It’s because he’s a power-mad liar.

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      They can’t even do anything. Everything in Federal is one sided until Midterms… unless Donald gets rid of that too.

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        They could have voted to impeach recently, instead they chose to normalize the president not needing approval to do acts of war.

        And before that there was the budget.

        And before that they censured Al Green.

        And before that they approved Trump’s nominees.

        But yeah, Democrats are totally powerless to do anything. I’m sure that will convince people they’re worth their time.

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      Not all of them, and being a defeatist crybaby helps no one but the nazi scumbags.

      Do better, unless of course you’re a nazi scumbag; if that’s the case help yourself to a giant refreshing glass of bleach.

      Note: looks like at least 1 Nazi saw it, don’t be shy? Try the bleach, you’ll love it.

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    scrolls lemmy

    reads headline and moves on

    A few posts down and scrolls up realizing it was posted to politics not theOnion