Statistic on the news said that 50% of the population there are under 18…

  • Lexam@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    We moved a bunch of people and made Israel. So let’s do it again. We’ll just move the Palestinians to Wyoming. We’ve got plenty of space up there.

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      You know what? Fuck it, let’s do it. We helped create these problems, let’s help solve them. 67% of Gaza’s population is under 24, so any money we spend, we’ll like get back in tax dollars. We can set up a Palestinian relocation bureau and start a voluntary exodus. Set aside relocation into our empty ass states, with some condition that they must maintain permanent residence for 5-10 years in that state. Have a jobs program and generate a great surge of skilled labor. We might let in a few extremists, but a third of our population is already there, so a couple thousand more won’t really impact our status quo too much.

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          “Hey Cleetus, we should offer to let Palestinians immigrate freely to America.”

          “Hell no! My brother didnt go to Afghanistan so we can just invite the terrorists in!”

          Sing-song voice “They haaaaate jeeeeeewwws”

          “Aite I’m listenin”

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          Not to mention, most Jews in America would NEVER vote for the party that proposed that ever again.

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        I like the but enthusiasm but not all wyomingers will want neighbors, kinda like some of the indigenous Palestinians didn’t necessarily want a bunch of settlers. Hmm

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          Not just Wyoming, we have quite a few states that sit empty. Their opinions on the issue don’t matter. They’ll just have to make do, like they expect others to do. Like I said, we’ll make it voluntary for the Palestinians. Those who want to stay and fight the power in the apartheid state can, but those who want a chance at something else can come on over.

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      I know you are not suggesting that seriously, but if we were to consider that seriously, I don’t think it would work.
      Palestine (and more concretely Jerusalem) is considered the Holy Land by Judaism, Islam and Christianity. That’s why the state of Israel was created there and not somewhere else. And that’s why Palestinians wouldn’t receive with a lot of enthusiasm the idea of being given a state of their own somewhere else.
      A big part of the conflict is a “holy war” thing about who controls the Holy Land.

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        Fuck religion and fuck everyone in that region in particular. As long as they keep killing each other in revenge for killing each other, things aren’t going to change.

        Come visit us in the 22nd century and see how civilized it could be.

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      I told this to a group of people once and the silence killed me from ever commenting on the situation in a group setting again. A diplomat I am not
      🤣

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      What kind of heartless monster do you have to be to inflict Wyoming on the poor souls‽

      Haven’t they suffered enough‽

      You’d probably see the most success relocating them to the great lakes where arab communities are already pretty well established. Also Queens to a lesser extent, Palestinians in particular would feel right at home in Queens, they’ve got Knaffeh and everything!

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        They’re from one of the hottest countries on Earth, and you wanna give them even more problems by placing them in one of America’s coldest states, with heat domes and blizzards in the same week, hurricane-force winds and hail that can kill you? (Wyoming)