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Jun 1Liked by Pat Johnson

Truth

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Bravo.

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To riff off an old Army Jodi call: “If I had a low IQ / I’d be queer for Palestine too.”

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I don’t care if they think it’s “pinkwashing” it doesn’t change the fact that Israel is an oasis of Enlightenment values, that includes LGBT rights, in a desert of Iron Age thinking.

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The treatment of gay people in Moslem countries has never been a secret. So what is it that made the gay community turn against the Jews? It’s a shanda and Harvey Milk is turning in his grave

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"a queer mecca". Superb.

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hahaha. Subtle huh?

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Superb content, superbly well written. Thank you 🙏.

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Thank YOU Brendon.

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"Israel is basically a queer mecca in a regional ocean of homophobic brutality."

Yes, on this front the best (remote) hope for LGBT Palestinians would be a "one state solution," a.k.a. annexation.

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A unique perspective! Haha. Thanks E2.

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I wonder how much travel agents can warn about Caribbean dangers to the rainbow travelers, Jamaica is now the most dangerous spot in the world ain't that wild?

There's a ton of videos of Arabs who play with their own sex who got refuge in Israel. A friend in the IDF said that at night when he was guarding them in jail it was Major prisoner on prisoner downlow noise making 😳

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Earlier someone pointed to the three dots as a way to edit, I'm only seeing delete as an option.

The deep focus on lying about the Jews is so multi-fronted that when I've pointed it out people call me a pessimist as opposed to a realist as if criticizing the messenger solves anything, y'all been there done that.

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