Hats off to Israel. They have truly mastered the art of propaganda.
It takes a LOT to convince people that a group of prisoners being held in a military encampment without access to food have somehow escaped and expended the resources to launch an aerial invasion of a country other than the one holding them prisoner on another continent. And yet... Israel pulled it off.
Look, the English are a savage and simple people, easily fooled multiple times without them noticing. It's not big or funny or clever to laugh at them.
Britain 1943: "Stiff upper lip lads! Your house might be bombed out, but when you're going through hell, keep going!" British boomers 2025: "Oh no! Tourists with kites are scawy!"
After she was told who they were, she was still angry. âWhoever thought it was funny to parasail over the village, it was in extremely poor taste. âTake your twisted hatred somewhere else. There were two parachutes with engines like Hamas used at that festival, gave me a fright.â
With no joke, this is scientifically sound and backed by multiple studies. The parts of their brain that respond to fear, particularly the amygdala, are overdeveloped and overactive in conservative folks in general. While the parts of their brain that deal with empathy and connection are underdeveloped.
Often conservatives have a worldview based around fear because they grew up terrified. Fear of their deity, their pastor, their parents. Fear of their body and their feelings. It starts inside the home. When they are taught to hate themselves for any deviation from who they are told they're supposed to be, they never feel safe enough to explore past their front door.
Tangent time! My brother was just lamenting how there are consequences for using your gun, even if itâs justified. I talked to him for like two hours on this. I walked him into many corners and crushed him every time. By the end, weâre agreeing that he had to shoot a hypothetical guy, then I say, âbut are you sure you couldnât have pistol whipped him?â Silence, blank stare. Then, âdonât you think itâs a problem if someone starts firing off their gun every time they get scared?â Idk if itâll have
lasting impact, but damn did it feel good to do. At the end, I said, âit sounds to me like your problem is that there are consequences for your actions even when youâre scared, even when youâre justified. Justified doesnât mean excused. You should think about why you feel that way some more.â I can only hope he does.
This was after the Hamas used paragliders to attack Israel. We get news here in the UK. It was all over the news and papers. If you've never seen a swarm of paragliders before then it's not unrealistic that this thought would occur to you. Like the plane crash that happened in New York weeks after 9/11 and many residents thought it was another attack. Though why Hamas would attack Doncaster is beyond me. It would be like Bin Laden choosing Des Moines.
It would be like Bin Laden choosing London. That comparison doesnât make any sense. You have to be out of your mind to think that A) only Hamas has paratroopers, B) Hamas has the balls/is dumb enough to directly engage the western armies that are allied against the people theyâre losing to already, C) think the ho-dunk nothing town that no one has heard of would be the place they attack.
Munchman347
'They frightened off the unicorns and fairys I've been trying to catch for decades!'... đ”âđ«
herejusttopointouterrors
hate is universal. it's based in stupidity and there are stupid people all over the world. amen.
scissorxmextimbers
This is why, as an American, every time I see an airplane flying by my house I start blasting. I live near an airport and my neighbors hate me.
sindail
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EroticZombiePants
If you're going to invade a foreign country, you may as well do it in a fun way.
ROGUEdenied
WOLVERINES!!!
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
Hats off to Israel. They have truly mastered the art of propaganda.
It takes a LOT to convince people that a group of prisoners being held in a military encampment without access to food have somehow escaped and expended the resources to launch an aerial invasion of a country other than the one holding them prisoner on another continent. And yet... Israel pulled it off.
diemajorthrilldie
Look, the English are a savage and simple people, easily fooled multiple times without them noticing. It's not big or funny or clever to laugh at them.
CaptainBackPain
Dumb lady. Everyone knows that Hamas has tunnels to Doncaster
VastMajorityRule
They do? https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dWFwNm5kenNtaHVoNTFhcmFyemM0YWNyYTVhaXZ4eDliZ3pxYjRxMSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/CUbiYQbsKSGAM/200w.webp
Mirrormancer
My god.....
18booma
Britain 1943: "Stiff upper lip lads! Your house might be bombed out, but when you're going through hell, keep going!" British boomers 2025: "Oh no! Tourists with kites are scawy!"
Colopty
Not even tourists, locals doing sports.
blissblush
Fuck me ⊠I weep for the future.
Grinch01
Yeah they flew 3000miles with their paraglider to attack britian
Yakeshinu
OriginalAndWitty
Just monkeys with super computers in our pockets.
Ajinxedchef
Hamas running a paratrooper operation w/o owning a single fixed aircraft. In Doncaster. To hit the strategic Yorkshire pudding reserves.
an0therthr0waway
Yank here. Would the correct label for her be... 'an absolute gobshite' ?
dashers
I'd opt for numbnuts
KoalaOnTheJuice
I think that's more Irish, but the shoe fits pretty snug.
KremlinOfAges
Whenever i see this i always wonder, what the hell is of value in Doncaster that would make her think Hamas would ever want?
CarlBassett
There's a racetrack. (Horsies, not cars). And they filmed Open All Hours there.
UmmonPrime
they para-glided all the way from Palestine.. ya, that makes sense... some people consume way too much propaganda.
EroticZombiePants
They were all paratroopers from invisible planes.
DeadWhiteMale
After she was told who they were, she was still angry. âWhoever thought it was funny to parasail over the village, it was in extremely poor taste.
âTake your twisted hatred somewhere else. There were two parachutes with engines like Hamas used at that festival, gave me a fright.â
Colopty
That woman owes them an apology but I doubt anyone will force her to give one. Maddening that people like her can get away with that attitude.
DeadWhiteMale
https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/19/i-am-the-doncaster-paraglider-who-sparked-fears-hamas-was-invading-19688974/
mksu
Fascists are genuinely the most easily terrified population of people on the planet, and that is the root of their fascism.
KatInTheCorner
With no joke, this is scientifically sound and backed by multiple studies. The parts of their brain that respond to fear, particularly the amygdala, are overdeveloped and overactive in conservative folks in general. While the parts of their brain that deal with empathy and connection are underdeveloped.
PosthumousExile
I don't know why they couldn't just study empathy and social norms off of sitcoms like a normal person. But they might not be aware of their weakness
KatInTheCorner
Often conservatives have a worldview based around fear because they grew up terrified. Fear of their deity, their pastor, their parents. Fear of their body and their feelings. It starts inside the home. When they are taught to hate themselves for any deviation from who they are told they're supposed to be, they never feel safe enough to explore past their front door.
GenXHippie
The ones carrying five guns claiming they wonât live in fear? Yeah, they are constantly scared of everything.
JeezusJuice
Tangent time! My brother was just lamenting how there are consequences for using your gun, even if itâs justified. I talked to him for like two hours on this. I walked him into many corners and crushed him every time. By the end, weâre agreeing that he had to shoot a hypothetical guy, then I say, âbut are you sure you couldnât have pistol whipped him?â Silence, blank stare. Then, âdonât you think itâs a problem if someone starts firing off their gun every time they get scared?â Idk if itâll have
JeezusJuice
lasting impact, but damn did it feel good to do. At the end, I said, âit sounds to me like your problem is that there are consequences for your actions even when youâre scared, even when youâre justified. Justified doesnât mean excused. You should think about why you feel that way some more.â I can only hope he does.
IgnisInvictus
Wut?
Lady, whatever version of Fox News propaganda you've been consuming, you should stop. Take a walk. Go to the beach. Read a book. You sound insane.
atalkinghorse
She needs to go touch a forest
Maverickaura
"sounds" insane is being too polite.
Phlyn
problem is she did take a walk. she needs to stay inside....
marsilies
She'd take a trip to Spain, but the last time she went, there were too many Spanish people. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/benidorm-holiday-ruined-too-many-082157881.html
Itslukus
Hilarious, "why can't they go somewhere else" like that very thought shouldn't apply to her...
Uselesstoy
Maybe she rewatched the original Red Dawn recently? I dunno , she coulda gotten her nutter ideas from a million places these days.
TheMindEntropic
It is the fault of those who have the money to stick garbage in front of everyone's faces every day for several decades.
PepperoniAndFingernailPizza
GB News is their version of Fox news.
Nath1194
This is correct
EricPisch
And Reform our version of MAGA
badbmc
Is it also owned by Murdoch?
VictusVonGuyver
No, that would be Paul Marshall actually. Marshall and his hedge fund are trying to become the next Rupert Murdock.
Note: I refuse to use his knightly title because he's actually human trash and is all about spreading misinformation.
JeezusJuice
WTF. Hamas invading the UK? What kind of batshit information is this lady getting? WTF did they do to us?
dashers
I believe they sued us. Because we sanctioned them.
JeezusJuice
Oh, I meant âWTF did they do to us?â like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO_JrZFDdY
CarlBassett
This was after the Hamas used paragliders to attack Israel. We get news here in the UK. It was all over the news and papers. If you've never seen a swarm of paragliders before then it's not unrealistic that this thought would occur to you. Like the plane crash that happened in New York weeks after 9/11 and many residents thought it was another attack. Though why Hamas would attack Doncaster is beyond me. It would be like Bin Laden choosing Des Moines.
JeezusJuice
In any case, what I was really trying to communicate was along these lines: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO_JrZFDdY
JeezusJuice
It would be like Bin Laden choosing London. That comparison doesnât make any sense. You have to be out of your mind to think that A) only Hamas has paratroopers, B) Hamas has the balls/is dumb enough to directly engage the western armies that are allied against the people theyâre losing to already, C) think the ho-dunk nothing town that no one has heard of would be the place they attack.
CarlBassett
A Bin Laden aligned group did attack London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings My point was if you attack a country you generally pick the big, high profile, targets, not a town like Doncaster.
Level21Magikarp
What does slams mean? Like they landed and she body slammed them or she slammed them with a car or projectiles...
mairusupawa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_slam obviously
Colopty
Harshly criticise/attack verbally.
huffnpuff72
Slams means got a little angry on the internet and media blew it out of proportion for clicks.
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Angerly blames.
RedAppleSoda
Angrily
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
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