Bassem Youssef
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Wow, you're making me feel good.
Yeah, I totally agree, but people don't wake up in the morning and say, like, I want to declare jihad. Think about it. Why would anybody choose to end his life by taking other people with him and end that life? His life must be miserable. He must be pushed into that. Nobody chooses death over life willingly. One of the first suicide bombers in the Palestinian resistance were Christians.
Yeah, I totally agree, but people don't wake up in the morning and say, like, I want to declare jihad. Think about it. Why would anybody choose to end his life by taking other people with him and end that life? His life must be miserable. He must be pushed into that. Nobody chooses death over life willingly. One of the first suicide bombers in the Palestinian resistance were Christians.
Yeah, I totally agree, but people don't wake up in the morning and say, like, I want to declare jihad. Think about it. Why would anybody choose to end his life by taking other people with him and end that life? His life must be miserable. He must be pushed into that. Nobody chooses death over life willingly. One of the first suicide bombers in the Palestinian resistance were Christians.
Of course, but here's my problem with Sam Harris and... Usually people, they have free range talking about the Islamic faith and nitpicking the stuff that makes it put in a bad light. I can go and nitpick every single religion. There are Jews there, like Ben Ghafir, who openly say spitting on Christians is not a hate speech. All right.
Of course, but here's my problem with Sam Harris and... Usually people, they have free range talking about the Islamic faith and nitpicking the stuff that makes it put in a bad light. I can go and nitpick every single religion. There are Jews there, like Ben Ghafir, who openly say spitting on Christians is not a hate speech. All right.
Of course, but here's my problem with Sam Harris and... Usually people, they have free range talking about the Islamic faith and nitpicking the stuff that makes it put in a bad light. I can go and nitpick every single religion. There are Jews there, like Ben Ghafir, who openly say spitting on Christians is not a hate speech. All right.
They are, I mean, you can bring me like all kinds of videos of Islamic jihadists saying horrible things on YouTube, and I can bring you Jews who live there. They're like, we're going to have the whole world enslaved for us, and everybody would love to be slaved for the Jews.
They are, I mean, you can bring me like all kinds of videos of Islamic jihadists saying horrible things on YouTube, and I can bring you Jews who live there. They're like, we're going to have the whole world enslaved for us, and everybody would love to be slaved for the Jews.
They are, I mean, you can bring me like all kinds of videos of Islamic jihadists saying horrible things on YouTube, and I can bring you Jews who live there. They're like, we're going to have the whole world enslaved for us, and everybody would love to be slaved for the Jews.
You know, I can use the Talmudic argument that if you tie a man to a tree and he dies of thirst and hunger, you didn't kill that man. And this is kind of the same arguments like, ah, we're not killing Palestinians, it's just like killing, they're dying by themselves, you know? So it is, the nitpicking of a certain narrative, religious narrative,
You know, I can use the Talmudic argument that if you tie a man to a tree and he dies of thirst and hunger, you didn't kill that man. And this is kind of the same arguments like, ah, we're not killing Palestinians, it's just like killing, they're dying by themselves, you know? So it is, the nitpicking of a certain narrative, religious narrative,
You know, I can use the Talmudic argument that if you tie a man to a tree and he dies of thirst and hunger, you didn't kill that man. And this is kind of the same arguments like, ah, we're not killing Palestinians, it's just like killing, they're dying by themselves, you know? So it is, the nitpicking of a certain narrative, religious narrative,
that is separate from the political context and what's happening right now, it's very unfair. Because I can read, if you want to have a deep dive into religious texts, nobody will be happy. And I can bring stuff from the Talmud and the Torah and stuff that is horrible. But like, you know, this is a way, again, of like, distraction.
that is separate from the political context and what's happening right now, it's very unfair. Because I can read, if you want to have a deep dive into religious texts, nobody will be happy. And I can bring stuff from the Talmud and the Torah and stuff that is horrible. But like, you know, this is a way, again, of like, distraction.
that is separate from the political context and what's happening right now, it's very unfair. Because I can read, if you want to have a deep dive into religious texts, nobody will be happy. And I can bring stuff from the Talmud and the Torah and stuff that is horrible. But like, you know, this is a way, again, of like, distraction.
Well, you know, the people who killed the Muslims in Myanmar, weren't they Buddhist? Yeah.
Well, you know, the people who killed the Muslims in Myanmar, weren't they Buddhist? Yeah.
Well, you know, the people who killed the Muslims in Myanmar, weren't they Buddhist? Yeah.
Well, let's go Jain. Okay, I'll find religion. I've got to get back to you.