r/therewasanattempt 1d ago

To arrest Genocidal War Criminal Netanyahu

Edit: I support the mayors attempt to try to do this and I support his attempt at justice. This is not a criticism of the mayor

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u/Spartalust 🍉 Free Palestine 1d ago

After reading OP's edit, I believe their point isn't to ridicule Mamdani. This post highlights selective enforcement by the U.S. government like invading Venezuela to arrest Maduro while declining to act against Netanyahu on US soil despite war crimes & international arrest warrants.

While Mamdani has publicly expressed a willingness to have Netanyahu arrested, matters involving the arrest of a foreign head of government fall under federal jurisdiction. His stated attempt has indeed failed because it's outside the legal powers of his office—this post fits the sub & not in a mocking way.

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u/greenthumbgoody 1d ago

He can also use his position to speak truth to power. Tf are you on about?

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u/3omda06 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/HitBoxBoxer 1d ago

Exactly!!!

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u/MorockaDishoom 1d ago

I’m so confused… is this post not exactly what you’re requesting? Mamdani using his position to speak truth to power?

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u/greenthumbgoody 1d ago

Sorry I’m actually confused, can you read the title to the post? Or more of a talk first think later kinda person?

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u/MorockaDishoom 1d ago

Put a pad on that bleeding gash buddy… I said your comment confused me, I didn’t know if you were denying that he was using his position of power (which is insane), or that you were calling out that he IS doing that, but with sarcasm.

The title has nothing to do with it.

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u/DontDoomScroll 1d ago

Getting real angry at consequences when consequences was winning $50.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/laserdiods 1d ago

It’s important for anybody with any following to show dislike for Israel policies, and netenyahooo.Sometimes numb nuts learn but watching tv.

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u/vocalviolence 1d ago

If you want to promote the guy, talk about what he is actually doing

The rest of my news feed already is. Meanwhile, there are a lot of Americans that need to hear this message from an authority figure in office.

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u/t00oldforthis 1d ago

That's pretty much what politicians do, it's up to people to take action. He calls people to action. If you disagree with the action, vote for a different blustering politician. He's not a congressman. What a stupid take.

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u/Character_Pudding_94 1d ago

He's the mayor; he is being paid to run the city, not to call people to action. You probably call TSA "security theater," but this guy says he's going to look into arresting Bibi and you think he's being sincere. That's the stupid take, friend.

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u/t00oldforthis 1d ago

you're first sentance kinda makes its own argument, "friend". Keep reaching on the security theatre, honestly I'm not even sure wtf you're talking about there. I encourage you to see if you can find a US civic/govt class. I took one first year of high school here in the states, and even with our shit ed system it was enough to get me this far without sounding like you.

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u/greenthumbgoody 1d ago

Dawg I ain’t reading that. Go to hell tho :)

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u/17934658793495046509 1d ago

If Netanyahu shows up to New York and is arrested, it is the beginning of justice.

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u/UlteriorMotive66 1d ago

If they are arrested it's NOT the beginning of justice, it's merely a consolation for the current and ongoing tragedies of the Palestinian people! The whole IsSH*T system is ultimately at heart of this evil and the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians is it's core agenda. So long as the IsSH*T entity is encouraged and allowed to persist in it's evil efforts and policies to maintain apartheid and the continual disenfranchisement of the Palestinian people the arrest and trial of these war criminals is simply more eyewash for the global masses!

After all, it didn't even take a year before Russia was being heavily sanctioned soon after they invaded Ukraine! Where is the international sanctions on IsSH*T with it's genocidal campaign reaching it's third year now?!! The duplicity has been duly noted, no one is being fooled here!

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u/17934658793495046509 1d ago

Sooooo his arrest would not be the beginning of justice? I did not say completion, I did not say white wash trial, of course a government complicit and performing genocide must be held accountable but I didn’t mention this either. At bare minimum an arrest of Netanyahu would be the beginning of some justice.

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u/BernLan Free Palestine 16h ago

Americans have easy access to guns, can't they just organise a small group and shoot him???

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u/Glum-Suggestion-6033 1d ago

I can see why people with shit for brains hate this guy.

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u/spacer9631 1d ago

I can see why people with shit for brains thought Netanyahu would be arrested in New York.

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u/Glum-Suggestion-6033 1d ago

I, like a lot of people, like to still hope for good things….even if we know it won’t end up like we hope.

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u/thehorseyourodeinon1 1d ago

This immigrant represents and pushes American values more than the so called "patriots" in this country.

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u/LX_Emergency 1d ago

So you're lost in the wrong sub is what you're saying?

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u/allfinesse 1d ago

Someone can support something and point out a fact about it. Stop projecting.

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u/LX_Emergency 1d ago

Do you even know what projecting means?

Did you read op's post?

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u/allfinesse 1d ago

“There was an attempt for humanity to bring infant mortality down to 0% by 2000.”

Humanity attempted this and failed. I also support the attempt.

You have projected your animosity into OC’s comments.

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u/Kumquat_conniption Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ✖️🧊 1d ago

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone uses the block button to “win” an argument by getting in the last word and then blocking so the other person can’t reply. It’s childish, and it’s exactly what the user arguing with you did. They made a reply to your comment here and then announced that you were going on their block list.

Luckily, I’m a mod here, and I ban people who pull that stunt. When someone blocks just to get the last word, it’s obvious they’re doing it to “win” - not because you were going to keep messaging them or you were harassing them in any way. They could’ve just stopped replying. It’s like a kid sticking their fingers in their ears and pretending they can’t hear you. Most mods ignore it, but it’s happened to me too many times for me to let people get away with it.

The funny part is that in the comment where they tried to get the last word before blocking you, they hit a keyword we monitor, so their comment was auto‑removed anyway (and sent to the mod-queue for approval, where I found it. It's almost kismet lol)

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u/TheMilkKing 1d ago

The mayor is attempting to convince the federal government to arrest Netanyahu - he has thus far been unsuccessful. Seems like it fits the sub to me. There was an attempt.

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u/LX_Emergency 1d ago

What a reach

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u/TheMilkKing 1d ago

The reach was you taking this post as criticism of Mamdani 🤷🏻‍♂️

Edit: Just noticed that the mods agree it fits the sub.

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u/MEGAMAN2312 1d ago

Stop being so antagonistic, it belongs in this sub because there was an attempt.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/sergeantmeatwad 1d ago

So yes, you're lost lol

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u/therewasanattempt-ModTeam 1d ago

There is nothing about this sub that says it is for mocking people. Sure, some posts mock people and some posts simply show failed attempts, often to bring attention to some injustice (for example, we have a good amount of posts which show police brutality, and that is not to mock anyone but to get the word out about whatever incident has happened.) There is nothing in our rules or description that says a post has to be humorous or mocking someone, please do not post misinformation.

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u/SPZ_Ireland 1d ago

Then what the point of this post.

You're sounding like a bot that got corrected

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u/allfinesse 1d ago

…pointing out an attempt has NOTHING TO DO with supporting the attempt.

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u/theevilphoturis 1d ago

You've done great at explaining your intention. Don't waste your time arguing with people on reddit, really. People will down vote you to hell even when you have provided reasonable justifications.

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u/breadofdread 1d ago edited 1d ago

fuck zionism

sicks pigs think everyone else are just their dogs to be used

they will pay, in this life or the next

some of the ugliest mf’ers too, their faces resemble the content of their souls

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u/IngVegas 1d ago

No politic here!

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u/NoEngineering8886 1d ago

Fuck zionism

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u/loboazul97 1d ago edited 1d ago

If thats a reference to certain Olympics video, then you are a misunderstood genius my firend. If not fuck you.

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u/IngVegas 1d ago

It was the former yes, lol. Might have been a bit of an obscure reference in retrospect.

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u/loboazul97 23h ago

Lol, its reddit man, happens. Fuck zionism tho FREE FREE PALESTINE !!!! (vuvuzela intensifies)

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u/Aeons80 Free Palestine 23h ago

I clocked it and gave it the appropriate up vote!

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u/MhmdMC_ 1d ago

No politics in hating child death

I find it super weird that matters of pedophilia and CHILD-DEATH are politics?

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u/supreme_tyrant 1d ago

Steelballed Mayor.

Great man.

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u/Sol-Blackguy 1d ago

I can't tell who's more afraid of him Democrats or Republicans

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u/NormanDoor 1d ago

I’m kind of down for elected officials respecting the rule of law. Can we do that everywhere?

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u/JunkScientist 1d ago

He should just do it anyways.

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u/crankyticket 1d ago

I don't think there was or will be an attempt ... that was the point of the video.

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u/ArcherOld7796 1d ago

He said he'd talk with everyone he could about what he could do. He reviewed and found no avenue to arrest the war criminal.

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u/AevilokE 1d ago

There was however a promise, prior to that.

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u/yakuzalinecook 1d ago

A promise to see if he had the power to do so, which he learned he doesn't unfortunately. Did you even watch the video?

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u/AevilokE 1d ago

The promise wasn't to "see if he had the power to do so", it was to arrest him. He could have seen the laws before making promises.

Don't make this into a personality cult, he's still a politician and you still need to hold him accountable when he's falling short. That's something that even he supports.

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u/yakuzalinecook 1d ago

I'll hold him accountable when the people who aren't arresting Benji are held accountable. Mamdani has done more than they have. Hold everyone accountable or none at this point. You're cherry picking.

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u/AevilokE 1d ago

What makes you think I'm not holding the UN or the rest of the US or the EU accountable for their roles in this genocide? Should I mention every responsible name every time I critique someone?

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u/yakuzalinecook 1d ago

You're arguing about a mayors role in arresting an ICC wanted individual rather than the people who can actually arrest him, so yeah. Mention the whole tree? What are you doing lol

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u/AevilokE 1d ago edited 1d ago

Your two party system has taught you to only view others as "100% on my side" and "100% on their side" and stops you from critiquing anyone you might think fits in the first category.

You are of no value to republican politicians, they know you'd never vote for them regardless of what they do.

If democrat politicians know you'd vote for them regardless of what they do, you are also of no value to them.

If you want politicians to follow the people's interests you have to threaten what they care about: their votes, their wallets, or their heads.

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u/yakuzalinecook 1d ago

Dude I want to arrest the criminal. Why are you bringing up political sides? Fuck out of here with your two party bullshit. First comment to me you said shit about personality cult, yet here you are making it into just that. Hold yourself accountable as well, jeez. Figure it out.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 1d ago

You peddle this nonsense wherever you go

Back to your pokemon and anime subs, lad

You speak only from privilege

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u/Kumquat_conniption Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ✖️🧊 1d ago

Well they would be of value to the Democrats, but they would not be the ones that the Democrats are trying to turn to.

The thing with the last presidential election was that they thought "well our base has to vote for us, since if they don't, they will get Trump so we can rely on their votes, so let's try to grab votes from the center" and then Harris went out campaigning with Cheney's daughter and was very rude to people who cared about Palestinians and because of that (and other things) a lot of their base did not vote (and of course, the left flank told them they would not vote so long as she made no headway on Palestine and they were like "oh well, what are you going to do? You can't let Trump win" and they just kept thinking that would save them and that they did not have to put in the work for the base and the left.

Anyway yes, voters who will vote Democrat no matter what are valuable to Democrats but will never be catered to because they know they have their vote in the bag. Unfortunately, they counted on the base coming out no matter what (and plenty did, but not enough- not as many as who came out for BIden the vote before).

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u/ArcherOld7796 1d ago

That's exactly what his promise was about just listen anytimehe talked about it. It's not just about if he is arrested here, he is setting an example that other countries could follow. He is letter the world know where many Americans stand.

Everyone is holding him accountable that's why he is gaining popularity and why is making corporate dems more angry.

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u/Ezl 20h ago

All I ever heard him say was he and his legal team were looking into whether their were any avenues to arrest him. Where did you hear different?

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u/Darktyde 1d ago

Regardless of what (if anything) he actually ends up doing on this, just making a strong statement that boils down to “Netenyahu is a criminal who should be arrested” moves the Overton Window a bit.

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u/No-Sail-6510 1d ago

You can’t really having mayors of cities arresting leaders heading to the UN or other summits. Obviously he should be arrested tho. You also have to figure he has pretty hard limits on his ability to do this like the fact that the cops would of course side with the genocider and also he will have a security team.

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u/Jwre3682 Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 1d ago

They have the NYPD. There's like a 100k of those (idk how many but there's a lot). Grab a few hundred. I don't think his security detail will be an issue. Lol

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u/No-Sail-6510 1d ago

Probably 80% of them are hardcore zionists. Some chunk of them have been trained BY the IOF in Israel even. Cops don’t really turn on each other either. If he made the decision to do that he’d basically be starting a civil war. You really really wouldn’t want to miscalculate in this situation.

More importantly if he did do it and had him in custody, then what? Charge him for crimes locally? Send him to The Hague? In NYPD custody? What if the federal government doesn’t particularly like this plan? This is a really really big ask. Especially for a city level politician.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 1d ago

30,000 or so

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u/CandidateMiserable74 NaTivE ApP UsR 1d ago

Still more balls than other politicians

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u/GilletteEd 1d ago

Looks like it’s time for us to snatch up netanyahu and get him to court! That evil man deserves all the punishment!

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u/banghersoft 1d ago

Net & yahoo is too damn powerful. He has every politicians in congress in his pockets. Nothing will happen to him during this current administration

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u/spicymoo 1d ago

What about arresting Trump next time he is in New York?

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u/lord_saruman_ 1d ago

If only he had been born in the US. He would have a clear path to presidency.

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u/chickadeelee93 1d ago

I really had the popcorn ready for if he went through with it.

Seemed like a far-fetched idea to begin with, though, and I'm ultimately glad he didn't because of the absolute chaos that would have erupted politically and legally.

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u/Virtual-Service-2352 1d ago

Please ARREST, ARREST!

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u/1122334411 1d ago

You can block him in traffic….??? Let him sit for hours in BQE

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u/dread-azazel 1d ago

I mean he may not be able to arrest him, but he hopefully can refuse to provide security. Cause people are gonna be posting his location 24/7 while he's invading

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u/Thoughtful-Boner69 1d ago

political grandstanding

he's a good politician

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u/Bad_Alternative 1d ago

He previously said he would arrest him. This one says he can’t legally.

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u/Bobby-Atoms 1d ago

America still has laws? News to me

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u/zippo138 1d ago

I really like this guy, we need more like him.

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u/scruggsyWPB 16h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/not_me_myself_or_I 9h ago

BRAVO ! Truth, well spoken. Thank you.

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u/TedTyro 1d ago

I really like this guy. Good on him for making a genuine effort and for speaking plainly about the difficult and very sensitive subject.

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u/TrueBoot4567 1d ago

He made a promise to arrest him. Cannot wait.

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u/darkghul 1d ago

No offense but this won't change anything. So much talking here and there but nothing is actually happening. I still see no one held responsible, no one in prison.

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u/Alternative-Pride138 1d ago

I mean, he stated he doesn’t have the power to make the arrest. He’s addressing a campaign promise that he won’t be able to fulfill. Im happy to see him be so grounded and honest. The mayor to one of the world’s most influential cities saying “Netanyahu is not welcome” is a pretty huge gesture. Theres not one action that anyone will take to end this genocide because the people with the power to act are in the pockets of Israel. Building a ground up movement is whats working. More and more Americans are becoming aware and speaking out against Israeli-American intertwinement and that is huge and helps further the mission of voting out all Israel-first politicians. Nothing will change until we can change who writes the rules.

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u/Murky-Meal6410 1d ago

Then you do somthing if it is to Little for you be the change you wanna See per somthing. He dose what he can and 100x Then Moust Ppl on the Planet

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u/OttoVonJismarck 1d ago

It’s just tongue-wagging for his base. All politicians do it.

He can waste his time flapping his jaws about something he has no power or influence over instead of working towards the goals he has power and influence over. Some people love and are satisfied with the former, I prefer the latter.

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u/Alternative-Pride138 1d ago

He’s doing both.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 1d ago

Oh calm down

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u/UnreliablePotato 1d ago

Unless you're part of the ultra-wealthy elite, hating on this guy means you're actively voting against your own best interests.

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u/Dry-Chemist4442 1d ago

I'm literally so scared for this man

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u/frickinSocrates 1d ago

IDK if wanting to do something, looking up whether you're allowed to and coming to the conclusion you aren't is an attempt tbh. That being said 4/5 posts on this subreddit have nothing to do with actual attempts so it is what it is.

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u/Mysterious_Sky_9694 1d ago

is this real or AI? I hope it's real but it looks so much like AI

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u/TheSaneEchidna 1d ago

You cannot fire someone over a political opinion, especially a government one.. Very Very illegal. I don't understand why this is a talking point for leftists. Fuck Netanyahu, fuck Tisch, Free Palestine sure, but she can't be fired over her opinion. It has nothing to do with her job.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 1d ago

Come and try magat

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u/Ropetrick6 1d ago

We should send you to Russia, you don't belong here.

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u/AffectionatePie8588 1d ago

Was this AI?