White House: “Actually the President saw reports from the IDF and the media about beheaded babies.”

IDF: “I have no idea what you’re talking about. And no we will not investigate these claims.”

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Really just a tone shift from Bill Hicks' "We're going in for God and country and democracy and here's a fetus and he's a Hitler. Whatever you fucking need, let's go. Get motivated behind this, let's go!" at this point

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      Always a trip to go back through his early 90s material and realize it needs almost no updating to be relevant in the modern era.

      Part of me is sad to see him die so young. Part of me is relieved not to have to deal with Bill Hicks taking a hard Dennis Miller career turn and defiling his legacy with a bunch of cringey "Kids Today" takes.

  • LeBron [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    Can't wait for every racist liberal to let me know I support baby beheadings because I want people freed from a concentration camp!

  • ZapataCadabra [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    "Biden lied about seeing pictures of beheaded babies."

    Politifact rates this "Mostly Untrue." On October 10th, 2023 Biden said at a hearing about the Palestinian -Israeli conflict "I never thought I would have seen and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading babies." While some may have wrongly interpreted this as the president claiming to have seen pictures of beheaded babies, he never says explicitly that he saw them. He said he never thought he would have saw them and comments by his staff immediately after confirm that he did not see those photos.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      "I never thought I would have seen" means you fucking saw them that's what the word fuckin MEANS AM I GOING INSANE DO WORDS HAVE DEFINITIONS ANYMORE!!!!?!

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Liberal Frazzledrip. If it becomes a wider war that drags the US in, they're going to face the same need to justify an obviously stupid decision as a smart one. Hamas doing ritualistic baby killings is the best they've got.

    • MaxOS [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Liberal Frazzledrip

      Holy shit, it literally is

  • culpritus [any]
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    1 year ago

    history rhymes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    biden-the-thing biden-forgor biden-rember has proven to he a very effective propaganda tactic under both Biden and Trump. I wouldn't be surprised if the parties only push for 75+ year old presidents from now on.

  • halyk.the.red@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Israeli propagandists will now have to behead babies and take photos so they can claim Hamas beheaded babies. Really painted themselves into a corner on this one.

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Libyan_rape_allegations

  • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Technically he never said he saw the pics.

    "I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of bigfoot"

    • Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml
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      edit-2
      1 year ago

      The tense matters. The perfect past in Biden’s remark makes it a completed action of a state that no longer exists whereas your remark is a more ambiguous interpretation

  • NewLeaf
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    1 year ago

    What was that thing trump supporters used to say?

    "You have to listen to what's in his heart, not his words"