In the past week or so I've heard that in addition to controlling the banks, the media,

[conuly]

and the weather, Jews also control a space laser.

I have just one question for the conspiracy nuts who think this is plausible: If Jews can zap you from space, why aren't you being nicer to them?

(If they do have an answer for that, I'm not sure I want to see it.)

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Comments

[lilysea]

My response when I heard the "Jewish space lasers start forest fires" nonsense

was

"Haven't these people heard of Tikkun olam[1]? If Jewish people DID have space lasers (which obviously they do not), they wouldn't be starting forest fires, they would be contacting NASA and the Hubble telescope and the International Space Station and saying 'So, hey, we have these space lasers, what scientific research projects would you like us to use them for?' "

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikkun_olam

[dewline]

Of course, the bigots reflexively discount the concept of tikkun olam as just so much hot propaganda air, don't they?

Dammit.

[conuly]

Of course they haven't. What a question!

[chanter1944]

Eeeeeexactly!

[mindstalk]

Because we Jews are uniformly benevolent and altruistic?

It would put a spin on "bringing light to the nations" though.

[dragonlady7]

oh my god why aren't you being nicer to the Jews, conspiracy-theorist nuts??!!?!?!
this is such a good question.

[conuly]

Like, I know, right!? Seriously!

[rhoda_rants]

I recognize this is rhetorical and farcical at the same time, but: there's this bizarro disconnect with conspiracy theorists where the group they've tagged as The Enemy is both in control of everything, and intellectually inferior to them at the same time. It's nonsense troll logic that allows them to play both the victim and the Vastly Superior Strong Man at once.

[conuly]

Vastly Superior Strong Men aren't too strong to be nice.

[rhoda_rants]

YES! Which is why it's nonsense. It's almost funny that they don't get that. Or would be, if they couldn't do so much damage.

[lilysea]

Happy birthday! ^_^

[shadowkat]

I have just one question for the conspiracy nuts who think this is plausible: If Jews can zap you from space, why aren't you being nicer to them?

LOL! Really good question.

You may enjoy this article... So you just found you're in a cult...a socratic dialogue

[conuly]

I mean, the resurrection isn't at all plausible, especially as the gospels were all written decades after the alleged event, meaning that even if you could track down these folks they were probably dead, but thanks.

[thewayne]

Yep, them Rothschilds are tricksy ones fer sher. I think the point was that they can't aim since they missed the receiver. Or something like that.

[chez_jae]

That's not as whack-a-doodle as the one about lizard people among us...

:/

[conuly]

I think the lizard people are also Jews somehow?

[cellio]

This is an excellent question.

[imhilien]

Happy belated Birthday. :)

Space lasers? Uh...

[conuly]

I know.

[dorchadas]

My favorite tweet about this was like "Why didn't they call it the Death Star of David" and you know? I agree.