• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    There were liberal billionaires holding purse strings about college students protesting the killings in Gaza. This isn’t a one-party problem. Though Repubs are more blatant about their corruption because they no longer have any shame.

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      4 months ago

      Zionists aren’t liberals in my book. They’re just a slightly different flavor of fascists who dress up their sick ideology with a Jewish facade rather than the more traditional Christian facade.

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        4 months ago

        Not necessarily- most Zionists are Christians- they have the belief that the apocalypse will be declared by the antichrist at the Temple, so they want Israel to take control of Palestine, demolish the Al Aqsa mosque and rebuild the Temple.

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          4 months ago

          They’re “Christians” who enjoy a little bit of Jewish-flavored fascism as a seasoning for their Christian-flavored fascism the same way they might enjoy a bagel for breakfast once in a while.

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      4 months ago

      There were liberal billionaires holding purse strings about college students protesting the killings in Gaza.

      What do you mean by the verb phrase “holding purse strings about” here?

      I know what holding purse strings means: one controls the money for an operation hence gets to decide.

      But what does to mean to “hold purse strings about” these protests? You’re saying they were funding them? Or funding reporting? Or funding the schools? Or what?

      What’s “about” mean here?

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        4 months ago

        They threatened to withhold donations unless the universities cracked down on the student protesters. Look up Bill Ackman. That’s the name I know.