#YOU KNOW HOW MANY TERROISTS THIS MAN HAS KILLED

[brotherhoodwarlord]

RUSSEL BIG BALLS SHAW

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I'll start by saying that i really appreciate you for being open to a conversation about this, and i think its very heartwarming to see thats its still possible to talk about these things in complicated ways even with all the high emotions and hard and terrible things that are happening. It really warms my heart in these hard times because its very easy to make this whole thing very black and white when its not and i am filled with pain by that, and by really horrible posts and opinions ive see that are very one sided (even if it is understandable in many ways), and hurt my heart.

I undrestand your pain and also anger at the way things are and the terrible loss of life in gaza. I share it, and i have always in my heart held true that we are all human and worthy of respect. I strive for peace and believe that there should be a palestinen state in gaza and the west Bank. Putting these things in the front of my mind, I think somthing that the world at large is having a hard time understanding is israeli kind of has no other choice but to go through this terrible war. I myself have a hard time remembering this in light of gaza distruction and terible loss of life

In what way us there no choice? A combination of things:

Octobor 7th was a terrible and grizzly massacare that shocked israeli and brought to light how unsafe israeli borderland dwelling citzens are - hamas sent about 2000 cocaine fuled terroists that broke into homes, burned children hiding in attics, raped women in the Street and opened fire on a 4000 atendee party in the woods. There are video of the shooting on roads and Street, killing indiscriminatly (including more than one hijabi wearing arab-israeli women). They also took some 250 israeli to gaza for the purpose of negotiating the relase of terroists in israeli jails, and evidence found on dead terroists suggest the plan was to break into as many homes and kill as many people as possible (starting with youth centers and schools that were mapped out)

Hamas has declared this day a great success, and asserted they would preform the same actions the moment they can:

These two facts show that israel cannot allow hamas to continue gathering strength, and must flight them.

Where do the civilians come in?

3.hamas has been embeding itself in civilians infrastructure as a survival mechanism - they cinically use the citzens of gaza to protect themselves - shooting rockets from the tops of apartment building, launching rockets from schoolyards, building shelters under hospital which are protected by international law and even shooting at citzens trying to escape the north in order to force them to stay and protect hamas bases (a gaza man expressed anger at this on live brodcast on el jazeera and was censored).

Here is a link to an extremly comprehensive paper on this:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwilw_WPyuGCAxXzReUKHcT5BOQQFnoECAwQBg&usg=AOvVaw078V9t3xWPW7EhHdTtOcv3

This hamas way of working is terrible and inhumane, and leaves israel two choices:

1.give up the fighting in order to protect citzens (knowing that in a year or so a other attack will accur, this time deadlier and more precise)

2. Flight whole trying their best to protect citzens - by asking them to evacuate and opening six hour humanitarien corridors going through gaza, and trying to keep the fighting as precise as possible,even at the price of risking soldiers lives (a big thing in israel since our army consists of drafted 18 year olds who must go to the army by law to protect the country because of its small citizen base)

Is there really a choice here? Between your women and children and other people women and children?

Can israel do more? Probably. Should they? I think so. Is civilian death in gaza terible? Of course

is israel dealing with a imposible situation? In my opinion yes. Think - what would your country do if this happend in your city? What do you think they should do?

About the tunnels: they are known for many years and have been built by hamas for the last ten years. such tunnels were used to kidnap isreali soilders seven years ago and tunnels leading into gaza were found in israeli schools. Hostages coming in from gaza said they were kept in them and hamas terroists that were questioned said they were instructed to run and hide in them after they finished their" misson". There is even proclaimed evidence of survailence video of hostages being taken to tunnels entrances in el shifa

Here is a video of a tour of the tunnels: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DU7JD0teLx4U&ved=2ahUKEwiwkOniyuGCAxXohP0HHYxVCL4QwqsBegQIJhAG&usg=AOvVaw0EY6huZAS_93nlVr4nVNfa

Here is an american article on the "gaza metro"

Here is an article about the israeli efforts to damage the tunnels two years ago:

And here is an article about the depth of the knowledge that exists about these tunnels - and the threat they pose not just to israelis but also gazans (as is see in the article above also)

thanks for listening, i pray for good tidings and a swift end to this war.. I pray every day that hamas will give up their Arms and that the world will take over in implementing a two state solution, i pray the violence will end

I don't know if your OK with rants but yea :(

They also cut fuel to Al-shifa hospital and shoot anyone who exits. If someone tries to help the victims , they leave them to bleed to death. They claim the Hamas has a base under the hospital and showed a damn rabbit burrow as proof. They looked at a damn calender and called it a war plan. Alot of pre mature babies died while some had to be sent to Egypt to be taken care of.

Also people getting paid for posting Israel content. So interacting with any of those posts also gives Israel money as they earn it from platforms.

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OH MY GOD???? WHAT THE FUCK?? THAT'S FUCKING DISGUSTING.

GUYS CONTINUE TO NOT SUPPORT ISRAEL

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS DISGUSTING

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A Handmaids Tale Tells an Awful Story Not So Different To Today's World

Trigger warning: This post discusses sexual, physical and emotional abuse.

This post contains massive spoilers for ‘A handmaids tale’.

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I don’t even know where to begin with this post.

The other night I watched the first four episodes of a handmaids tale, and I just found myself getting angry.

Angry for what was going on in the show, but also angry at the amount of parallels I saw in today’s society.

The premise of the show is that something has caused the majority of the human population to become sterile (Global warming? Nuclear war? I’m not sure yet). Low birth rates led to violence led to the US congress being murdered by ‘terroists’, led to marshal law, led to a whole new society's being set up.

This new society seeks to bring America back to it’s biblical roots. They see the evils of what brought them to this place. Hookup culture. Abortions. Tinder. Sound familiar?

They seek to start a new society based on the bible. Men and woman are divided into classes. The powerful men become ‘commanders’ of their households. The rest of the men become guards/drivers/work as normal in the workforce.

The women are no longer allowed to work for a living. They are required to wear conservative clothing, all homogenous to represent their positions in society. This of course, as we're often told today, stops men lusting after women. The women have different functions. There are ‘Martha’s’ (I presume based on the biblical Martha) who cook for their households, the sterile ‘wives’ to the commanders, and the ‘aunties’ who train up the ‘handmaids’. Anyone who rebels against this new world order is executed, or sent to the ‘colonies’ where their skin will burn off within a year - possibly because of the same thing that caused the sterilisation, I'm not sure.

When marshal law began all the women were rounded up and tested. Those who were still fertile were given the ‘illustrious honour’ of becoming a handmaid.

They were told how wonderful it was that God granted them this amazing gift! Once their training was complete, they would be sent to a house where they would be loved and respected for the gift they are! No one would care if they were pretty or intelligent or any of those terrible things they used to get judged for (book learning and fashion was banned). They were the blessed women of God! Praise be!

Their duties were quite simple, they were to do the shopping and some basic cleaning for their household. All pretty easy stuff leaving plenty of time for spiritual reflection. Oh, and they got the honour of being raped once a month by their house’s commander.

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But it wasn’t actually rape. How could it be? Rape was one of the worst crimes in their society, punishable by death. Handmaids had the honour of participating in a biblical tradition!

Once a month the handmaid would ritually wash herself. Then she would present herself to the wife’s bedroom and kneel on the floor. The wife and house staff would come in to help prepare for the ‘ceremony’. Then the commander would knock on the door, as it’s only fitting for the bedroom to be the wife's domain. There can’t be any sexual impurity in this Godly community!

The commander would then read the following scripture:

“And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭30:1-3‬ ‭(KJV)

So they followed the bible to the letter. The handmaid would lie with her head on the wife’s knee while the wife held down her wrists. The husband then had intercourse with her, and promptly exited the room. Everyone was fully dressed conservatively during the entire ‘ceremony’. The husband even took great care not to flash his penis to anyone. After all, they wouldn’t want to invite sexual immorality or lustful thoughts.

Yeah. See why it made me mad?

But why would the handmaids accept this fate?

‘Blessed are the meek dear’ the Aunties would croon in their ‘training centre’. 

The handmaids soon learned to chant along with them, or else be on the receiving end of a taser dished out to anyone who acted/spoke/thought ‘wrong’. Argue and you get tasered. Raise your voice, you get tasered. Cry at your circumstances, tasered.

How often are women in our society told what they can and can’t do? How many times do they need to hear it before they believe it, or at least learn not to fight it?

Blessed are the meek...

One girl was made an example of. She fought back so hard that the aunties gouged out her right eye. After all, the bible clearer says this is how to deal with sin. She was later put in a chair, surrounded by the other girls, and made to recount the time three collage students gang raped her. The other handmaids were asked by Aunty ‘who’s fault was this girls? The girls had to point at the poor victim and chant ‘her fault, her fault, her fault...’

‘That’s right’, Aunty explained. ‘She was a slut, and dressed provocatively, and God chose this way to punish her for her sins. But God is forgiving and chose to bless her through child bearing.

Were you wearing that? were you drunk? Why were you there alone? How often do we find ways to blame victims for their abuse, instead of the abuser?

Blessed are the meek...

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That particular girl went completely insane, and is seen throughout the rest of the show always smiling, always completely happy with her lot. When asked the fate of another handmaid, she responded ‘Oh she was killed. Blessed are the meek’, with the biggest brightest smile you'll ever see on her face.

How often do we point to individual women, queer people, or people of colour who publicly say they are ok with the way things are, to ‘prove’ everyone from that minority should be happy with their lot? How many have been brainwashed by society into thinking what they have is ok?

Blessed are the meek...

Other girls killed themselves to escape their fates. The commanders responded by installing unbreakable windows in their houses, and took great care to take away all shoelaces, ropes, bedsheets, anything that could be used in a suicide attempt.

When someone attempts to take their life, how often do we assume they are weak, or seeking attention. How often do we look at the real reasons why they are taking that option?

Blessed are the meek...

If you were accused of being gay, you would be given a kangaroo court trial where you were read romans 1. Then you would be sentenced to death, unless you were an all so precious handmaid. Instead, you'd have the honour of an unrequested female circumcision to prevent you from having those sinful desires. It was ok though, God had saved you through childbearing. 

Almost all my LGBTIQ+ friends at some point have been taken out for coffee by Christians, only to have Romans 1 and other verses thrown in their faces, and given no opportunity to explain themselves. All in the name of ‘church discipline’. 

Blessed are the meek.

This show absolutely disgusted me, yet I couldn’t look away, because it was a very timely piece on the extremes Christians have gone trough both in history, and today.

It tells the cautionary tale of taking bible verses literally without any cultural/historical/scientific/meditative consideration. And they didn’t even use some of the really bad verses, like:

“If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭22:28-29‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) emphases mine

“Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7:21‬a ‭(NIV‬‬)

“When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭20:10-13‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) emphases mine

Select bible passages can be used as a ‘how to’ guide to subjugate women, conquer and enslave other countries, rape women, and kill anyone who disagrees with you. 

All with God’s blessing!

And if they complain about their circumstances, just remind them God ordained it! Blessed are the meek!

Hell, you could make a biblical argument that all Christians must be communists, based solely on Acts 4:32-5:10. God killed 2 non-communists in that story!

...But that’s the problem with the bible - It’s not a tight knit set of texts that perfectly agree with each other. 

I’ve personally found only two types of people who hold that view: those who haven’t spent much time reading the bible, and those who spend a ridiculous amount of time doing mental gymnastics trying to prove how things that contradict each other actually don’t.

But if we honestly look at the bible, there are many contradictions. Like the different genealogies for Jesus in Matthew and Luke. Or that both Satan and God seemed to orchestrate Israel’s census depending on whether you read Chronicles or Samuel.

In some ways I really respect Calvinist theology. Don’t get me wrong, I disagree with the majority of it. But in general, true Calvinists try to literally follow the bible to the best of their abilities. They are against same sex marriage, but also women preaching etc.

The rest of us tend to view the bible through the lens of battles that have already been won before our time. Even the common lectionary used in many churches skips over some of the more... problematic... texts. Worst, many Christians act as if Christianity has always championed women’s rights, antislavery and interracial marriage. And those are just the big ticket items the majority of Christians were on the wrong side of in the last 2 centuries!

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As a young Christian I was very worried when I discovered some very troublesome passages in Corinthians:

“A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God’s image and reflects God’s glory. And woman reflects man’s glory. For the first man didn’t come from woman, but the first woman came from man. And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man. For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11:7-12‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) emphases mine

“Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭14:34-35‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) emphases mine

As a brand new Christian I was very worried about the stories of a ‘wrathful God’ I’d heard about growing up. I had long hair at the time (in some translations that’s a no-no for males), and was scared I was breaking God’s rules. 

I was also confused why women were allowed to preach in my church when the bible clearly forbade it. So I asked my only friend at the time who had been to bible school, ironically a woman.

She told me that these were culturally specific commands that shouldn’t be applied to modern life.

I wrestled with that for a long time. I felt like God wanted all of us to be equal, and couldn’t see why women were any different to men. But these and other passages seemed to clearly state otherwise. And the ‘cultural’ explanation didn’t make any sense to me, considering Paul's reasoning for these rules:

“If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11:16‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) - emphasis mine

“Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command. But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭14:36-38‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) - emphasis mine. 

Paul’s reasoning seems to be that these are rules for all times in all places. No exceptions. How can we ignore that?

As I came to read the bible more, I discovered a lot more problems. The overwhelming bible consensus seems to find nothing wrong with owning slaves and subjugating women (provided they’re treated a certain way), forbidding interracial marriage, and all same sex practices.

And yet most denominations only practice the latter.

It took me years of wrestling with these issues to finally discover the problem. Christianity since the late 19th century has increasingly locked onto the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. Basically the belief that the bible is perfect and has no errors.

The basic claim of biblical inerrants is that God essentially took over the thoughts of each biblical author to make sure what came out was exactly what He wanted and nothing else. I've written an in depth analysis of why I think this is a false doctrine in the past. But the short answer is this claim is utterly ridiculous and doesn't line up with the majority of Christian Theology.

Almost every denomination holds to the idea that God has gifted us all with free will, which is His greatest gift to humankind. Yet inerrants claim that He took away this precious gift just to make sure the bible was perfect.

Ok... maybe that makes sense for other religions where it was the only possible way to write a perfect holy book. But this glosses over the most important hallmark of the Christian faith.

We have a God who literally came to earth in human form!

Jesus could have personally written a perfect holy book and signed it with ‘this is the exact unquestionable word of God’. He could have written it in a way that made sure there was no ambiguity, that all races at all times could open it and know for certain exactly what God wanted - the claim of many inerrants, and most conservatives in the LGBTIQ+ debate.

Instead we have a hot mess. A strange grouping of books from many different authors who often can't agree on facts and sometimes downright oppose each other!

But God shows us something remarkable in the way he chose to give us a holy book. 

He showed us that he values human free will far more than a perfect text! 

He would much prefer humans to write about Him, knowing they will get things wrong, and offering grace for their mistakes, rather than violating their free will. 

He would rather give us an inadequate book that causes us to wrestle with what it says, and grow deeper in relationship with God and others in doing so, than give us a how to guide that can't be questioned.

Ok I know at this point you're probably jumping up and down and calling me a heretic. 

But think about it. 

Really think. 

How did Jesus spend his days on earth?

Did he go around giving perfect answers that 100% accurately sum up what we need to know about God and life that can't be questioned?

Or did he speak in horribly ambiguous parables that can very easily be taken to mean many different things, causing us to think deeper and seek His answers?

Now ask yourself, why would God make scripture, the created thing, be any more clear than the living Word of God, Jesus Christ?

I know the Jesus of the bible. 

Do you?

[fuckblizzardbearlover]

Ive yet to see a single person give a good reason why its bad let alone objrctively. No one got hurt, nothing bad happened. I have to assume this has something to do with bucky and sam. Sams a grown ass man who spent 30 years taking care of himself. Hes fine. Steve isnt a councilor. A psychiatrist. "You are suppose to be there for your friends". Steve gave up his body and autonomy to help ppl like bucky in ww2. He gave his life to save new york from getting bombed. He fought the u.s. army, and hydra and the avengers for bucky. Hes always been there for him. And just cus u move away doesnt mean u arent family anymore. There are a dozen posts on this site about how u arent suppose to be the crutch of your friends or family. If your friend relies on you to be their emotional crutch thats abuse. But thats not whats going on. Bucky didnt want steve to be denied what he deserved. He was happy he got to go home. This is just fans inventing a problem that doesnt exist cus they stan "my uwu bisexual traumatized poor white boy". The fact ppl say theyd have rather seen him die than this is disgusting. Cus steve thinks the same thing. Dozens of times hes recklessly thrown hia life down the drain to help others. Thats his arch. Is him realizing HE deaerves to be happy to. And bucky would hate anyone who thought otherwise.

Unless this is the cosmic thing in which we have banner and the sorcerer supreme both agree that time travel iant bad unless something important to the fabric of reality is altered like an infinity stone

-There is no missing action. We saw them get help from refugees and we saw them bring meds and supplies. We dont need to see more we know who they are and what they are doing

-where do u even get this idea? Every character is obviousoy meant as a reflection on him. Walker, hoskins, khali, his sister, bucky, zemo, every scene with them is to reflect on sam, how their actions differ. We have multiple scenes with him reflecting with zemo or bucky or walker about the choices. We had a huge scene where he was depicted to be stuborn, refusing to respect his sisters wishes due to his own control issues and dispair there iant a way to fix anything. We have him shown that hes not as self rightous as cap, his first scene showing him blatantly kill basically all the terroists he came across. He calls out bullshit, makes mistakes, has his own sense of humor

- the...state of the world in a narrative is a vehicle for character development. This is an impossible situayion with 4 billion people suddenly returning. There is no solution. Thats what superheroes were made for. And hell every episode has like 15 mins of fighting at most. ALL of it is characfer development

-thats...called writing, darling. Many things u dont have to spell out. Other things arent important. Other stuff we figure out later.

- why would anyone mention natasha. Theyve barely mentioned 2 avengers and one only cus someone is directly involves. Tgis is sams and buckys story its in the title.

-yes cus sam is stubborn .like with the cop he has to deak with alot of sgit being a black ex military hero from a poor family. He doesnt think he has to explain anything and most of the time hes right. Partially he doesnt feel he ahould have to explain it, partially he doesnt want to think about it cus hes angrier than bucky they violated caps memory and legacy. Thats his struggle and bucky colliding with sams refusal to want to explain his reasons is part of their story.

Why do we need flashbacks of sam? Id love some but his story is most important in the now. Buckys whole story is about him not being the winter soldier anymore so of course we see his past. Its an intentional duality. Sams story is in the present, buckys is overcoming the past

-sam worked for thr military for the last decade, and never quit. He went into a hiding when he was a criminal and acted under the raydar. Hes not a criminak anymore and is doing the hero thing the only legal way, with govt approval

-city was mostly cgi probably and is important for other things. They have one off locations in shows all the time. There is no problem

- you know a half dozen reasons this isnt a problem bucky is an avenger, no ones going to stop him (see wandavision), no one wants to stop him, no one could stop him. So they just let the worlds most dangerous assassin go in cus allegedly hes not dangerous and if he is they dint want to get stabbed.

- literally, what bucky and sam want is part of their story. They are trying to figure it out themselves. And zemo is a psycho.

- bucky isnt acting like that. Hes saying the truth, that a handful of supersoldiers can tople a whole country. But hes backing up sams play who thinks they can descelate them.

Look... Fatws is fun, I love watching it. But story wise I don’t think it’s doing many things well.

1) no one is acknowledging what Steve did and that it was objectively horrible.

2) the link between the flag smashers goals and their actions is missing.

3) The narrative is not establishing Sam’s character beyond extremely selfless and empathetic.

4) using exposition for post-snap world building instead of character’s experiences.

5) leaving a lot of things up to the fans to extrapolate.

There’s so many little things that nag at me: not mentioning Natasha, Bucky not getting the massive hint that it’s not Sam’s fault walker got the shield, not giving Sam any flashbacks, no explanation for why Sam went back to the military, wasting the beautiful setting of Sharon’s crime party, Bucky just being able to waltz into Sam’s military operation, Zemo of all people getting the clearest motivations, Bucky acting like the flag smashers will destroy the world when they’re not? That? Bad? This show has just got me kicking and screaming, “It’s not logical!” Although my opinion of the show may be a result of the massive amounts of meta I’m used to getting from fanfiction. Idk maybe we’ll get more emotional catharsis in the last two episodes, but I’m not sure.