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Citing antisemites in the UN and international courts is a nonstarter. Generically referring to the Israel-Arab history as a "conflict" without noting who the initiating aggressors were in every case is intellectually lazy, dishonest, or just outright antisemitic. And the Palestinian claims to a national identity or territory only came as a response to the formation of a Jewish state.

...historian James L. Gelvin argues that Palestinian nationalism was a direct reaction to Zionism. In his book The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War he states that "Palestinian nationalism emerged during the interwar period in response to Zionist immigration and settlement."
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David Seddon writes that "[t]he creation of Palestinian identity in its contemporary sense was formed essentially during the 1960s, with the creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization."
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The idea of a unique Palestinian state distinct from its Arab neighbors was at first rejected by Palestinian representatives. The First Congress of Muslim-Christian Associations (in Jerusalem, February 1919), which met for the purpose of selecting a Palestinian Arab representative for the Paris Peace Conference, adopted the following resolution: "We consider Palestine as part of Arab Syria, as it has never been separated from it at any time. We are connected with it by national, religious, linguistic, natural, economic and geographical bonds."
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians

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Methinks the doctor here feels something else throbbing..lol

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There were approximately 15,795 reported homicides in the United States in 2024.
If they were all trying to kill Trump - they're very poor shots.

(Apr 27, 2026 08:03 PM)Syne Wrote:

I suspect more democratic families get more of their kids counseling and psychiatric help than republican ones. Their form of therapy is basically "Get your ass to church and repent to Jesus."

(Apr 27, 2026 11:59 PM)Magical Realist Wrote:

(Apr 27, 2026 08:03 PM)Syne Wrote: https://iili.io/BPLmPiN.md.jpg

I suspect more democratic families get more of their kids counseling and psychiatric help than republican ones. Their form of therapy is basically "Get your ass to church and repent to Jesus."

And that would make you ignorant, as it ignores the corroborating data of conservative happiness and life satisfaction, which has a similar comparison as mental illness.

Studies consistently show that Republicans and conservatives report higher levels of happiness and life satisfaction compared to Democrats and liberals. This "happiness gap" is frequently linked to higher rates of marriage, religious attendance, and personal optimism among conservatives, regardless of income level.
- Gemini

And even for self-reported mental illness, i.e. not officially diagnosed.

Republicans consistently report better mental health and lower rates of mental illness compared to Democrats and Independents. Studies suggest this may stem from higher rates of marriage, religiosity, and different ideological coping mechanisms.
- Gemini

Quote:Studies consistently show that Republicans and conservatives report higher levels of happiness and life satisfaction compared to Democrats and liberals. This "happiness gap" is frequently linked to higher rates of marriage, religious attendance, and personal optimism among conservatives, regardless of income level.

It's always the mindless conformists and materialists and the uneducated religious nuts that appear the happiest. Like Jackson Brown sang: "I'll be a happy idiot..struggling for the legal tender." It's the ones who think for themselves and question the system like democrats who struggle more in life. The outsiders and rebels and wild renegades that the system ostracizes and stigmatizes and seeks to oppress. The ones with a burden to fight the system and make the world a better place for all of us.

Quote:Republicans consistently report better mental health and lower rates of mental illness compared to Democrats and Independents. Studies suggest this may stem from higher rates of marriage, religiosity, and different ideological coping mechanisms.

Republicans by their whole moralistic ideology deny the very existence of mental illness. It fits right in with their science denialism. They all judge it as just character flaws and self-absorption or weak dependency on medications. Snowflakes, remember? So of course they are not going to admit to it. It's all part of being a good and faithful servant of the American Dream. A smiling obedient suck-up to the giant capitalist machine.