Posted on 06/18/2019 3:24:19 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Actor John Cusack sparked outrage on Twitter Monday when he retweeted an anti-Semitic meme — and then repeatedly defended the move — before claiming he was duped into sharing the post by “a bot.”
“Follow the money,” Cusack tweeted, along with an image of the earlier post, which showed an illustration of a hand with the Star of David imposed on it crushing a group of people.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize,” the post said, quoting French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.
Cusack fired off the retweet around 7 p.m. — and it didn’t take long for Twitter users to respond...
The “Say Anything” star tried to his best to do damage control in a series of follow-up tweets, but not before going on the offensive.
“You think Israel isn’t commuting [sic] atrocities against Palestinians?” Cusack said in response to one angry tweet. “What planet are you on?”
The actor continued, “Palestinian [sic] are forced to live in an open air prison. That’s not anti semetic to say that – that recognizes their plight as part of the fight for justice.”
Eventually recognizing the error in his ways, Cusack said: “A bot got me- I thought I was endorsing a pro Palestinian justice retweet – of an earlier post – it came I think from a different source – Shouldn’t Have retweeted."...
...Asked about his “follow the money” comment, Cusack simply said: “War inc bubbah.”...
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“We have awokened a sleeping giant and filled him with an unquenchable wrath” - Yamamoto.
But he didn’t say it.
“Were we to invade the US proper, there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass”
He also didn’t say that, either.
I LOVE those quotes.
Were they fake? Yes.
So we are fighting Islamic terrorists who killed almost 3000 American fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters on 9/11 for the Israelis?
WW2 - Pearl Harbor. This one is very controversial,
No it wasn't.
Gulf War 1 - “Incubator babies thrown on floor” was total BS, didn’t happen.
Invasion of Kuwait, an ally at the time, also following attacking the Stark. Your history is myopic.
Gulf War 2 - Towers fell, “Saddam did it..!”
Uh, no. But he was in violation of numerous UN treaty terms from no fly zone violations to chemical weapons and supporting certain terrorist groups. I notice you don't mention Afghanistan.
Other eggregious ones omitted for lack of historical context.
I am not defending every action that has taken place. I understand that sometimes its better to leave dictators in place than to bring the house down. I understand that certain actors like the Saudis don't necessarily have clean hands. But several posters, yourself amongst them, like to paint a broad brush over all US actions since the dawn of time, when in fact the US has been more a force for good in the world than any other nation in history. You post like a lib/dem/America hater, like Moochel Obama, never having been proud of your country or grateful for those that sacrificed so that you could disrespect them.
This shows when you post complaints about the origins of the Civil War. That's really reaching, blaming the US for its own civil war. Whatever you believe the cause for that, it has no bearing on the political decisions of today.
Don't worry though. Our warriors, our real men, stay up late at night on watch, so that you can sleep in peace.
You think it’s CLEAR whether or not FDR knew that Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked..?
There are TONS of experts who know more about the matter than you and I combined, yet there are plenty of people on either side of that one.
Cuz it wasn't a false flag, just totally misguided.
I also didn't mention Korea, for almost the same reasons. I'm not aware of anyone saying Korea involved a false flag, that we deliberately provoked Kim Il Sung.
What I know is Hitler was on the March in Europe and the US was on the sidelines, tired from WWI and not enthusiastic about helping Europe fight another war. The right thing to do was to fight the evil Hitler brought, but it took the Japanese direct attack to bring us into the war. Hitler and Japan were allied. We, the US, addressed the threat.
Speculation about whether we knew about Japans intentions specifically to Pearl Harbor or not is another distraction. Like other enemies we have tended to ignore, the Japs communicated their intent through actions prior to Dec 7, 1941. The US just didn’t want to hear it.
You don’t have to want to fight to get into a war. Sometimes its forced upon you.
Should have declared war on Germany when they sank the Reuben James.
Speaking of fake quotes. I don't remember anybody seriously making that assertion. The assertion, which was undeniable, was that Hussein was facilitating, funding and exporting islamic terrorism in general.
And so we saved Europe and made it safe for Jews, the way it is now..?
Europe is not safe for Jews, at least for ordinary Jews, those who sometimes walk the streets and have contact with people living in modern Europe.
Soon Europe will not not safe for anyone, even for the dirty, modernity-hating Muzzies that have invaded in great numbers and have destroyed Europe.
Europe would today be better off had Hitler won, and yes, even for Jews.
Europe is MORE evil today than it was then, after we "saved" Europe.
Soon the nuclear weapons in the UK and France will be controlled by Muslims. Not just by Muslims, mind you, but by specifically those who, having lived in Europe, understand that the creation of most of the world had nothing at all to do with any Muslims. And so they linger and smoulder in an existential crisis featuring deep feelings of inferiority and resentment towards the non-Muslim world. Good luck to us all, because we will need it.
That statement alone just put you on my nutjob list. Congratulations. This is my last post to you. Nothing more to be said that would not be a waste of my time.
Everyone *I* disagree with is H-
..is STALIN..!!
So, there..!
You really are one sick puppy.
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