• FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible: ‘Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.’”

    Sheesh, that Amalek thing is such a convenient bit to haul out whenever you need God to tell you to go murder a bunch of people. I remember years ago getting into what seemed to be a fairly abstract philosophical debate on Wikipedia about the detailed definition of atheism that ended with the guy I was arguing with calling for my death because I was “Amalek.” So I guess atheists and Palestinians can both be Amalek depending on what’s pissing you off on any given morning.