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Jerry Seinfeld says KKK is ‘actually a little better’ than Free Palestine movement (www.yahoo.com)
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[–] 169 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Says guy who never had to deal with the KKK.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Weirdly, it is actually true that both the KKK and Hamas have bought support in their communities by doing good public works for people. It’s not what they are best known for, but I don’t think shadow organizations survive for long without building some support somehow.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    their "shadow support" that you can't figure out is hate. Usually hate from religion. KKK are ALL christians, and use their religion to justify their hate. Hamas are ALL muslims, and use their religion to justify their hate. Israelis are ALL jews, and use their religion to justify their hate.

    Religions openly hate each other. They all have lived under the motto: There can only be one god(s), only one of us can be right. (even though some lie about that, too). They fight religious wars that last for thousands of years, and that's how they look at you. A pawn so small that you can't ever fit into a 1/10th of their next thousand year plan.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    We didn’t need two paragraphs to tell us religion has been divisive throughout history. However let’s not oversimplify. The black people terrorized by the KKK were also Christians. Fateh were also Muslims so Hamas didn’t steal their popular support just by being the right religion. Religion is a thing. Not the one and only thing going on.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Not really that weird? Basically every organization does this or is immediately unsuccessful. The only exception is companies under a government that's stable enough to carry water for them.

    This doesn't mean that the organizations are a net benefit.

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