The Real timschochet

I would love to kayak. I envy you. My back is always giving me trouble so I don’t dare. Hoping the weight loss will help with that.

All right point taken. Even so, a gay person concerned about oppressed peoples could want good things for Palestinians whether they are homophobes or not. That’s not a contradiction.

I don’t think there’s ever been anyone this obsessed with me, or any other poster. And the pathetic part is that almost all of this is totally wrong. What the hell let’s break it down for sh!ts and giggles: 1. First off when he says “I left the other place a few years ago” he’s lying. He’s GordonGekko, over there, he still posts from time to time, and he posted in the PSF incessantly all the way to the end,, book long posts filled with the crazy. 2. I have a lot of posts at FBG. I don’t keep count. Nowhere near 250,000. I had a few aliases over a decade ago but I haven’t used them in years and never for more than a handful of posts anyhow, maybe less than 20 combined. This dude thinks that I’m all sorts of people I’m not, and he’s related this 250k number several times now. No idea where he gets that. 3. I get along with pretty much everybody. Some people don’t like me because of my political views. Some people are morons. I love to argue, I admit that. But I rarely take things personally and I rarely have any animosity. I am almost NEVER angry or bitter, especially not on an Internet forum. I can honestly say I love my life. 4. I’m happily married, I’m financially well off, I have two wonderful children, tons of friends and I live right by the beach in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. My one concern has been my health, particularly my weight, but I’m now on Mounjaro and I’ve recently lost 25 pounds. So it’s all good. This picture of me hating myself is a total fabrication. Perhaps this dude is looking in a mirror? I’ve no idea but he seems very troubled. Sucks for him I guess.

Perhaps they’re not simple minded ? They know that there are two million Palestinians in Gaza and that not all of them are homophobes, just as not all of them are Hamas? Perhaps they care about innocent people being harmed or oppressed? Your confusion is on you not them. It’s because you are unable to stop looking at Palestinians as a collective group instead of as individuals.

It didn’t stop Hamas at all. They walked into Israel, into hospitals, schools and restaurants, and blew themselves up. It made Israel less safe, not more. When are you guys going to learn that force by itself doesn’t work in this situation? You can’t solve this problem with a sledge hammer approach.

Hamas is totally evil and needs to be destroyed, but that’s a long term proposition. It’s as much an ideology as it is a movement. The only way to truly destroy it is to offer the Palestinian people a better alternative. You will not obtain that objective by bombing or invading Gaza. Don’t forget that Israel occupied Gaza for for nearly 40 years. What did it gain them?

I did read them thank you. And I read the Atlantic on a regular basis anyhow. Some of what you posted I agreed with. Some I did not.

It would absolutely be the best possible outcome for Israel. They will gain nothing good by destroying Gaza. Hamas will not be eliminated and Hezbollah will be a bigger threat than before. Get your brain out of your a$$ and think about this in terms of long term strategy. Stop being a moron if that is possible.

I can’t let you post here by yourself pal. You’re offering really moronic views. They need to be rebutted.

That would be the best possible outcome.

Bari Weiss is such a lame idiot. I was hoping that we had heard the last of her.

The title of this thread appears to read that Barack Obama is Donald Trump’s puppet master. Seems unlikely but hey anything’s possible right?

Yes and yes.

Ive reported exactly one person during all my time in this forum- right when I started posting here- because he posted personal information about me and I requested it removed. Back at the FBG I did report people a few times, at the urging of the moderators. I regret that in hindsight. Over here I haven’t reporting anyone or anything since that one time over a year ago now.

Trump has now changed his tune and says he’s buddies with Emmer, just spoke to him, has no problem with him etc. The situation is still murky but my guess now is that Emmer will be the next Speaker perhaps as early as tomorrow. Guess we’ll see though.

This is true, it’s why Israel are still the good guys. Not that they don’t sometimes commit bad acts, but they’re still part of the light. For now.

Let’s start over because we’re closer than we think. @jerryskids, and those that agree with him, are not in favor of the indiscriminate killing of children or innocent people, But they also believe that Hamas is evil and must be destroyed, and if that results in innocent people dying as collateral damage (mainly because Hamas is using them as human shields) then that is an acceptable cost of war. (Jerry, hopefully I have represented your view correctly. If not I apologize and please feel free to correct me.) My view, and those that agree with me, is also that Hamas is evil and must be destroyed. And bombing innocent people doesn’t serve this purpose in an efficient manner. I understand why they’re doing it but I would prefer they be cautious and take out the leadership of Hamas through assassination and strategic strikes rather than wholesale bombing and ground invasion. A third view, which my Muslim friends have offered to me over the last few days is that what Israel is doing by bombing Gaza is evil and immoral because innocent people are dying including children. To them the actions of Hamas while terrible, are besides the point; Israel is the aggressor and they are supported by the United States which is therefore also the aggressor. Hamas’ actions don’t matter because this latest action by Israel is part of decades of oppression against the Palestinian people. (I want to make it clear that I disagree strongly with this point of view, but I don’t condemn it as immoral) as some probably would. I don’t know if there is any meeting place between Jerry and my Muslim friends, and if forced to choose I lean toward Jerry. But I don’t want to have to be forced to choose. Maybe the only commonality between all of us is that nobody wants to see children die. Maybe we can use that idea to build on the rest,

“Their side killed children so my side has to kill children.” This argument is supposed to be morally acceptable? Bullsh!t. I will never accept it. And Fock anyone who thinks this way.

There are ways to eradicate Hamas without killing so many innocent people. That is the flaw in your argument. Israel isn’t doing “what it must”. It has choices. And in fact by killing innocents it is only helping Hamas.

None of this will stand. RFK’s numbers will disappear to nearly zero before long; he won’t be a factor at all. Trump’s numbers will be close throughout but he should lose. In the end it will come down to Pennsylvania and Michigan. One concern with Michigan: Muslim Americans, who voted overwhelmingly for Biden last time, may decide to stay at home if Biden continues to support Israel too strongly. In a race this close that could make a difference.

I don’t think you’re capable of writing a post that isn’t either hateful, bigoted, or idiotic, Usually it’s all 3 but idiotic is the one that’s never missing.

No I wrote that I don’t care if she sympathizes with Hamas, she doesn’t deserve to have her family die. A 4 year old doesn’t deserve to die because her mother cheers Hamas. Now if the woman IS Hamas then she deserves to die. Her child and family still do not, And sympathizers who are not members don’t deserve to die.

If you think showing a Palestinian woman who has lost her family equals support for Hamas then you’re part of the problem. And you’re disgusting and vile. But I already knew all three points.

MSNBC just showed a Palestinian woman, returning to a shelter that got hit by a bomb. Her entire family is dead: two daughters (one of them 4 years old), two sisters, her parents, her husband. She was screaming in agony. I can’t justify this. Sorry. Maybe she’s a Hamas lover, I don’t care. Maybe it makes me a weak supporter of Israel. I don’t care. This is wrong. That’s all. It’s wrong.

Yep. Of course Trump has let out the word that it can’t be Emmer. The Maga types want Bryan Donalds. He insisted only last month that Trump won the election. What a total sh!tshow.