Hold up, guys: Cenk Uygur has some thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that he’d like to share.
And they’re extremely on-brand for a Young Turk:
Israelis & Palestinians kill each other over which Sky God they pretend to speak to and it's politically incorrect to point out there is no Human God, let alone one that favors Jews or Muslims. All this violence over the equivalent of which character they like better in the MCU.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) May 25, 2021
Someone should nominate Cenk Uygur for a Nobel Peace Prize. Few others in this world could so successfully unite so many people in a mix of confusion and revulsion (albeit not necessarily for the same reasons).
What the hell is this 2007 edge lord tweet.
— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) May 25, 2021
what in the fresh hell is this nonsense
— seth | דוד ✡︎ 🇵🇸 (@boltsandbombers) May 25, 2021
Is never bringing anything useful to the discourse your brand?
— 🌹 Clark, a proud citizen of GoFundMe nation (@Clarknt67) May 25, 2021
You ever feel like you should leave a tweet in the drafts overnight, and see how you feel about it in the morning?
— Q. Anthony (FKA Andray Domise) 🇵🇸 (@andraydomise) May 25, 2021
Read a book, any book on the issue. Read a bad one, for all I care. Please.
— rupen janbazian | ռուբէն ճանպազեան (@janbazian) May 25, 2021
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— Ricky Ramsahai (@RickyRamsahai) May 25, 2021
— Ally Fogg (@AllyFogg) May 25, 2021
Dude they have the same God, they're monotheists.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 25, 2021
bro they’re both abrahamic religions and they worship the same god.
put down your phone and go to bed jfc.
— mike #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 (@__mike91) May 25, 2021
setting aside how obnoxious this is, characterizing settler colonialism and apartheid as an ancient religious squabble is flat-out wrong and serves to obfuscate what’s actually happening
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) May 25, 2021
Well actually Zionism is a secular movement but then again Cenk Uygur is an idiot who denies the Turkish massacre of Armenians.
And FWIW pan-Arabism isn't particularly religious, either. https://t.co/zMjNeNmJKa
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) May 25, 2021
Don’t worry, after eight hours of sitting on his initial take, Cenk realized he should probably try to dig himself out of the hole.
He didn’t do a great job, but he gets a solid B+ for effort:
Is this more about land, power & colonalism? Of course. I already had and won that debate with Sam Harris many years ago. But if you think both sides don't fervently believe they're supported by the Sky God & that doesn't also drive them, you're kidding yourself. #FreePalestine
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) May 25, 2021
“I know what I said was dumb and inaccurate, but also it’s still true! I totally meant to make a giant ass of myself!”
This guy is a total idiot and it says so much about the intellectual paralysis on the American Left that someone with this level of knowledge was able to build a huge platform for himself. https://t.co/to79blQMC8
— Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) May 25, 2021
alright man whatever you say, can you just try to blow the smoke out the window and pass it already because my mom’s gonna be home soon
— SLUG (@generalslug) May 25, 2021
My God tells me that this is the worst tweet of all time.
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) May 25, 2021
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