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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 09:11 PM Jan 2013

Morsi in 2010: Zionists are descendants of apes

Egyptian media recently aired a video showing President Mohammed Morsi making harsh statements against Israel in 2010 when he served as the Muslim Brotherhood's official spokesman. In the first clip, Morsi described "Zionists" as "blood suckers" "warmongers" and "descendants of apes and pigs."

"These futile (Israeli-Palestinian) negotiations are a waste of time and opportunities," he said. "The Zionists buy time and gain more opportunities as the Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims lose time and opportunities and get nothing out of it. "

He further claimed that "The Palestinian Authority was created by the Zionist and American enemies for the sole purpose of opposing the will of the Palestinian people and its interests.

"No reasonable person can expect progress on this track. Either (you accept) the Zionists and everything they want, or else there is war. This is what the occupiers of the land of Palestine know – these blood suckers who attack the Palestinians, these warmongers, these descendants of apes and pigs.

"They must not be given any opportunity and must not stand on any Islamic or Arab land. They must be driven out of our countries."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4328784,00.html

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DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)
5. I wasn't aware of connections between Zionists and Vampires ....
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 12:10 AM
Jan 2013

so I did a search. Lots of unsubstantiated vitriol. But the most factual hit was:

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"Warmonger" is hardly deprecatory these days as it applies to most peoples and nations.

The "descendant of apes and pigs" comment is a frequently repeated error of those unfamiliar with even the gross principles of evolution. Zionists are not "descendants of apes and pigs" - they share a least common ancestor with apes and pigs, just like I do, just like you do. The concestor of pigs and apes lived about 85 million years ago in the Upper Cretaceous.

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)
7. He might be interested in this article
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 05:17 AM
Jan 2013
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/742430.stm

And all humans share common ancestors with apes - and with pigs if you go back far enough.

In any case, this is a fairly good example of how 'Zionist' is frequently used and what it often means!
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
8. Israel in 2012: 158 Gazans killed after Israel breaks its own cease-fire with assassinations
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 07:32 AM
Jan 2013

Bringing that year's total to 236 dead. Two more were killed after the Egypt-brokered cease-fire that followed, because you know, round numbers look good. They join the 105 killed in 2011 Who in turn are added to the 107 killed in 2010.

So, two years ago, mr. Morsi said some ridiculous shit, and Israel has arbitrarily ended the lives of 449 human beings in the time since.

Just a little perspective to go with your wild outrage.

 

shira

(30,109 posts)
9. Translation: Bloodthirsty racists murder 158 innocents in 2012....
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 07:44 AM
Jan 2013

Because that's how their culture raised them.

Great perspective there.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
10. Just pointing out the startling difference in reactions
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 08:07 AM
Jan 2013

Morsi says dull antisemitic shit two years ago? OUTRAGE! UNCONSCIONABLE! HOW DARE HE?! WHAT A FUCKING ASSHOLE!

Israel kills just shy of 450 human beings over those two years? Meh. They're just Palestinians.

I'd like to think that the latter might be more news-worthy... but then I look up statistics for how many Pakistanis and Yemenis the US has killed via drone, and I realize i hope in vain; dead Muslims anywhere, killed by anyone evidently aren't important.

 

shira

(30,109 posts)
12. Yes, it was 2 years ago. He can't be thinking the same way now. The MB is moderate!
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 08:54 AM
Jan 2013

Better to focus on bloodthirsty, ethnic cleansing, racist, colonial, genocidal thieves.

Oh, I missed that they're apartheidists too!

Dammit!

 

Solindsey

(115 posts)
14. In the grand scheme of things...
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 05:22 PM
Jan 2013

...focusing on people who kill people would be much higher on the to-do list than people who talk shit about people.

The hypocrisy of your selective outrage was being highlighted and you responded with more of the same. Does it ever get boring, doing what you do? Just the same old victimhood preaching at every opportunity. And you wonder why less and less people seem to care anymore?

shaayecanaan

(6,068 posts)
15. Its the one aspect of Western morality that Ive never been able to understand...
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 07:07 PM
Jan 2013

for some reason, words define a person far more than their actions in the West.

It reminds me of the ditty written about Charles II:-

We have a pretty witty King
whose word no man relies on
He never said a foolish thing
nor ever did a wise one.


To which Charles is supposed to have said: "Yes, because my words are my own, whereas my actions are those of my Ministers."

Obama could order the killing of seventy Afghans at a wedding party by Predator drone and no one would bat an eyelid. But if he called Afghans "ragheads" no one would forgive him for it.

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