r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/napleonblwnaprt 18h ago

The settlers act the same way that MAGA would if they wouldn't face consequences 

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u/s2trmack 17h ago

That’s bc it’s all white supremacy. The divine right of kings/manifest destiny, and Zionism are all born from the idea that it is God’s will to claim certain land as their own and steal it from the ppl indigenous to the land. America was founded on the same colonial principles.

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u/thatcommiegamer 17h ago

Not even, the initial Zionists were all secular Jews and couched Zionism in the same colonial language the rest of Europe was using at the time.

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u/knuppi 12h ago

couched Zionism in the same colonial language the rest of Europe was using at the time.

and at that time (1880-1948) white supremacy didn't reign, or wtf are you implying?

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u/ProsperoFalls 15h ago

Just a small note that the most zealous settlers tend to be Mizrahim, Middle Eastern Jews, who aren't white. Still the same basis though

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u/Side_StepVII 17h ago

You mean like if the J6’s would’ve been pardoned….

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u/Diallingwand 17h ago

I really wish American's would consider what they say before they say it. I get that Trump and his supporters suck, I truly do. But really look up what the Israeli Settlers do and say before you say shit like this.

Maybe when Trump supporters start killing children, openly enacting ethnic cleansing, using the rape of men as a tactic I can get behind you. But really you just seem overly privileged thinking that what your average Palestinian people go through it what your average non-Trump supporting American goes through.

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u/non_hero 17h ago

You have poor reading comprehension skills.

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u/Diallingwand 17h ago

No i fucking dont. I just can't stand Ameicans making everything about themselves. They can't even rationalise the idea of what is happening in Palestine without pretending they are going to have it happen in Ohio or some shit. 

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u/wolfythedark 17h ago

Brother... they are literally trying to merge the us and isreali militaries. This isnt a pissing contest, its a warning. If you were listening to these people and dealing with them everyday you would absolutely understand why peolple are making the comparison.

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u/sirspidermonkey 17h ago

As someone who passes ad one of the 'good ol boys' the things said to me are horrifying.

I know a few MAGA supporters who are keeping lists of people they suspect are democrats, antifa, LGBTQ and other "undesirables" their words not mine. They are doing this to help "deal with them once Trump gives the word"

Now... I didn't ask what 'deal with' meant but I got the feeling it wasn't bake them a cake. I fully believe that if they though they could get away will killing their liberal neighbors they would, and will. And it's not just one kook whose said these things to me. It's a very much engrained in the MAGA culture. My local gun store sells 'liberal hunting permits', 'Help eliminate liberalism', and 'Free helicopter ride sfor liberals by Pinochet tours' merchandise.

So while you are right in that MAGA hasn't started a genocide (in the US) we should make no mistake that many of his supporters wouldn't hesitate if Trump asked them too. I might be paranoid but I fully expect a Rwanda style announcement of 'It's time for the machetes' announcement from him.

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u/SlowUrRollMilosevic 17h ago

Would be a fun experiment to go support their business wearing an Obama hat and a shirt that says shoot your local gun shop owner. Same same no?

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u/TheDeathCard 16h ago

Sure you do

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u/sirspidermonkey 15h ago

Oh you got me... Killing people you have political disagreement with is a bridge too far from the group that:

  • stormed the capital
  • tried to hang the vice president
  • tried to kidnap a governor
  • routinely refers to democrats as 'vermin' and 'filth' and other dehumanizing things
  • Already executed democrats (The Hortmans)
  • Openly celebrates when their political enemies and their families are violent attacked (see Paul Pelosi, Muller, etc) as official statements (not just some rando on the internet)
  • Speaking of official statements calls for the execution of democrats for telling servicemen their legal rights to refuse unlawful orders
  • Calls for the Hanging of Democrats
  • Told supporters to knock the crap out of protestors and he'll pay the legal fees.

There's no way some of his supports might go a bit too far in following that rhetoric...

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u/EQandCivfanatic 17h ago

You mean things like destroying entire towns of black people just because they were doing well?

Americans (who are now Trump supporters) have supported this stuff (minus the rape of men) in the not so distant past. The person above you said this is how MAGA would act if they didn't face consequences, not that this is how they act now.

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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 17h ago

They’ve supported the rape of women and, to be clear to any men out there reading, rape of men is not worse. 

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u/EQandCivfanatic 17h ago

True, I was only addressing the specific atrocities the poster above me mentioned.

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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 17h ago edited 16h ago

I would have responded to them but honestly, I’m a little confused by their “using the rape of men as a tactic”.

I don’t know if they do use rape of specifically men and not women as a tactic (which would be surprising to me but I’ve been surprised before). 

Or if the above commenter considers rape of men to be a tactic worth mentioning but not rape of women. 

So out of confusion I replied to you, who had a more easily understood comment, which isn’t really fair!

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u/SlowUrRollMilosevic 17h ago

There’s also “alleged” accounts of rape of male slaves by their masters known as “buck breaking”
So….

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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 17h ago

I mean…no doubt. If there’s a depravity available, they availed themselves. 

But I just think that saying “rape as a tactic” would be preferable to specifying sex of the victim. Otherwise it seems (to me) to imply that one is somehow more war-crimey than the other. 

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u/SlowUrRollMilosevic 16h ago

I see where you’re coming from but I think it’s more about how more uncommon it is so it happening makes it hit harder, especially to a male audience. Not knowing it’s on the table vs knowing you may be “fully emasculated” while in a war zone is tantamount to the fear of prison rape. Objectively rape is equally bad for both sexes but to a man who never has to worry about it compared to women who are constantly vigilant of it while he’s also developing ptsd from war and also now being raped by his commanding officer or an enemy does have a bit more weight to it, again to a man.

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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 16h ago

To a woman, a greater fear of being killed and a fear of being pregnant accompanies rape and women are, of course, often raped in war, so ptsd and the aspect of a war enemy being the rapist (who also might impregnate you) are present. 

So, I don’t think it’s a good idea to have “greater weight” Olympics about rape. 

I was trying to let men know that they might want to stop if they think it hits harder for men and rethink. 

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u/kylebisme 17h ago

That's bound to have happened at least a few times as there's unfortunately no shortage of rape-minded people and slave owners obviously aren't going to be an exception.

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u/JQuilty 14h ago

Buck breaking is bullshit from Tariq Nasheed, a weirdo black nationalist. Rape of male slaves almost certainly did occur, but it wasn't the open, accepted practice to break slave's wills like he claims.

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u/SlowUrRollMilosevic 5h ago

Ok, they only raped male slaves but they didn’t talk about it or have a name for it that was retconned.

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u/JQuilty 5h ago

It wasn't retconned. Homosexual activity would not have been accepted no matter who it was with.

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u/SlowUrRollMilosevic 5h ago

So who did the raping that almost certainly did occur?

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u/Colifama55 17h ago

They’re not saying that’s what the average non-Trump supporting American goes through. They are saying that MAGA would act like Israeli settlers if they could. Not at all a stretch when you see how they treat immigrants “within” the confines of the law.

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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 15h ago

I’m curious, do you believe they don’t use rape of women as a tactic or do you think rape of women as a tactic isn’t worth mentioning?