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[i-Lo]

Looks he considers southasians to be at peace with everyone else then.

 

[Kthulhu]

Given that he references a return to God there, I would guess he was thinking of the classic sunday school children's song still sung today AFAIK:

I never thought that was a race thing as a kid. WTF

 

[Netherscourge]

reds and yellows fighting

Maybe he's talking about the rainbow in Captain Noah's song?

The colors are now at war with one another over who gets to be called out first?

 

[m0dus]

Wouldnt " reds" traditionally be the Russians in this context ?

Doesn't make it any less asinine, I'm just trying to figure out this idiots thought process.

 

[Gotdatmoney]

Asians are fighting first nations people? When did that happen? Canada gaf please explain.

 

[Shin K Dash]

Seems to be. I don't know why though.

There's years of negative connotation to the term "yellow" and "red" classifications where as "black" or "whites" were used as a blanket term describing the different ethnic groups into a singular term based on skin color.

Wouldnt " reds" traditionally be the Russians in this context ?

Doesn't make it any less asinine, I'm just trying to figure out this idiots thought process.

I'm trying to figure that out. The article is pointing towards native american's, which doesn't really make since by current events.

 

[Robdraggoo]

Reds: russians
Yellows: coward libruls

 

[rjc571]

Has there ever even been an example in recorded history of a Native American fighting an Asian

 

[L Thammy]

Wouldnt " reds" traditionally be the Russians in this context ?

Doesn't make it any less asinine, I'm just trying to figure out this idiots thought process.

If that's the case, who are yellows?

 

[UncleSporky]

Asians are fighting first nations people? When did that happen? Canada gaf please explain.

Wait a minute, we're supposed to be fighting native Americans? I'm like the worst Asian ever for having not even known of this war...

Asians are fighting Native Americans? Where?

I was not aware until now that I was at war with Native Americans.

I don't think there's ever been beef between Asian people and native Americans.

Like I said above, it's essentially virtue signaling toward old school Christians who will recognize the reference to "red and yellow, black and white" from sunday school songs.

This doesn't excuse it or legitimize it at all, but that's absolutely where he got the phrase from. Especially given his history linked above displaying the ten commandments etc.

 

[Geg]

Given that he references a return to God there, I would guess he was thinking of the classic sunday school children's song still sung today AFAIK:

Yeah this is what I assumed it was about when I saw the title and that it was Roy Moore saying it.

 

[Kayhan]

The Great Condiment War of '17

 

[m0dus]

If that's the case, who are yellows?

Oh they would be asians---it makes the phrase more of an open-faced racist sandwich I think.


Edit - and reading it again, is it wierd that I feel a little left out that he didn't mention the browns? I mean, hey buddy, c'mon. We get a shade too.

Spoiler

jackass.

 

[Hubbl3]

Asians are fighting Native Americans? Where?

In bizaro-America of course. I thought it was alternative common knowledge.

 

[L Thammy]

Has there ever even been an example in recorded history of a Native American fighting an Asian

Street Fighter is canon to real life and I'll be damned if I let you tell me otherwise.

 

[ZedLeppelin006]

So... is he running for God?

Winner winner chicken dinner.

 

[Wilsongt]

And he'll be in the senate soon.

Literally failing upwards.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Reminder: Moore and Strange are also running against long-shot Democrat candidate Doug Jones who got the Klansmen behind the 1963 Birmingham church bombing indicted.

 

[rjc571]

Street Fighter is canon to real life and I'll be damned if I let you tell me otherwise.

lol I didn't even think of that

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Reminder: Moore and Strange are also running against long-shot Democrat candidate Doug Jones who got the Klansmen behind the 1963 Birmingham church bombing indicted.

That's who I planned to vote for. Would love it if he won but I'm not really getting my hopes up.

 

[Cyan]

So far you heard my voice but I brought two friends along. Next on the mic is my man Roy, c'mon Roy sing that song.

 

[Bleepey]

Given that he references a return to God there, I would guess he was thinking of the classic sunday school children's song still sung today AFAIK:

I guess that makes it slightly better

 

[boiled goose]

God is going to bring together delusional believers and atheist?

What about different religions?

Even those who believe in same god fight.

Right.

 

[Fenderputty]

I'll be honest, I thought the context was going to be worse just based off the title

 

[cameron]

In 2003, Alabama judge Roy Moore was removed from office because he insisted on displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom. In 2016, he was removed from office again because he refused to enforce the (United States) Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage rights.

vs

Democrat candidate Doug Jones who got the Klansmen behind the 1963 Birmingham church bombing indicted.

 

[Nerdkiller]

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

Senate candidate Roy Moore this year suggested 9/11 might have been punishment for US turning away from God

Moore, a hardline conservative running against fellow Republican and incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in a runoff primary race, made the comments in February during a speech at the Open Door Baptist Church, a video reviewed by CNN's KFile shows. Moore, the former chief justice of Alabama, quotes verses from the Old Testament's Book of Isaiah, which have been used by some fringe elements of Christianity to suggest that the Bible prophesied the attacks.

"Because you have despised His word and trust in perverseness and oppression, and say thereon ... therefore this iniquity will be to you as a breach ready to fall, swell out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instance,'" Moore said, quoting Isaiah 30:12-13. Then he added: "Sounds a little bit like the Pentagon, whose breaking came suddenly at an instance, doesn't it?"
Moore, continued, "If you think that's coincidence, if you go to verse 25, 'there should be up on every high mountain and upon every hill rivers and streams of water in the day of the great slaughter when the towers will fall.' You know, we've suffered a lot in this country, maybe, just maybe, because we've distanced ourselves from the one that has it within his hands to heal this land."

 

[The Jazz Cabbage Master]

Which God though? I need to know so I can know what signs to look out for.

 

[Technosteve]

So my impression of Alabama is 90% fucking racists and 10% Nasa.

 

[parrotbeak]

Sounds like you are losing this war then.

The good news is that I guess you're probably winning?

thisisneogaf.gif

 

[buttery fistful]

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

Senate candidate Roy Moore this year suggested 9/11 might have been punishment for US turning away from God

Yea that would be like god to murder thousands of innocents to prove a point

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

Where the fuck are Asians fighting Native Americans?

Also, Roy's got it all wrong. It's not Whites vs Blacks, it's Good Whites, Blacks, Latinos, Muslims, Asians, Feminists, LGBT and other progressive people, versus racist, bigoted, backwards thinkin' White Supremacists and Conservative nutjobs.

 

[PSqueak]

It's funny how no one blinks twice at "blacks and whites" tho.

Whites and blacks use those words on themselves, Asians don't call themselves yellows and im pretty sure Native Americans concider Red/redskin a slur.

 

[Monocle]

Imagine a world where religious nuts couldn't run for office (and win).

 

[Africanus]

Y'all haven't been to a native reservation casino to see the war of the Reds and Yellows.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Tells out like it is, huh..

 

[Snowybreak]

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

Senate candidate Roy Moore this year suggested 9/11 might have been punishment for US turning away from God

Man... All these fuckers just love to bring up 9/11 for the most batshit stupid reasons.

Also you missed a great pun opportunity.

 

[rekameohs]

Ketchup vs mustard exploding outside of MLB GAF

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Wrong thread

 

[Lombax]

Dude must have watched OG power rangers.

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

How the heck did I missed the Asians and Native Americans going at it?

 

[Thelonelykoopa]

Whites and blacks use those words on themselves, Asians don't call themselves yellows and im pretty sure Native Americans concider Red/redskin a slur.

This reminds me of the fucking wierd story of how the term Yellow and Red got applied to people in the 19th century. As most people are aware black and white has been terms used for centuries but red and yellow is a much more modern concept. It kind of starts with peopling noticing different color people on egyptian ruins and the budding field of race science got estatic about this as way to legitomize their field by tracing it back to Egypt. But oh no their two different white guys on the wall and as drawinga of this circulate one of the white guys slowly become more yellowish in depictions. Now the newly yellow guy must of course been jewish and the other white guy babylonian. (Also insert random Dante inferno devil which was even sillier as they placed the red head with white guys because Blushing!!). Now before this Asians had been seen by Europeans as white but as China started to lose to european powers this yellow catagory moved from Jews on Asians oh and the white Babylonian pictogran also became a European because at this point they was like why the fuck not. So yeah the term Yellow had its start in Anti Semetism.

 

[Deuce Deuce]

I'm sure some of his best friends are yellow and red.

 

[Bronx-Man]

I guess this is the Making America Great Again project in effect

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

I'm pretty sure God fights with other gods too.

Like one big divine wrestlemania.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

And now we apply Hanlon's Razor.

Again.

That's who I planned to vote for. Would love it if he won but I'm not really getting my hopes up.

The thing about this is Strange, Moore, and other GOP ain't as far apart as some of the MAGA-pushed candidate situations for a Dem to sneak in and nab it.

That and well, ALABAMA.

 

[WickedCobra03]

Probably not the best wording, but when watching the video, he didn't seem as though he was disparaging any specific group. Not at all a defense, but I thought it would be way worse. I just don't know why he needed to include any of that language.

 

[Earthbound64]

Given that he references a return to God there, I would guess he was thinking of the classic sunday school children's song still sung today AFAIK:

That was my thought as well.

 

[scurker]

Reminder: Moore and Strange are also running against long-shot Democrat candidate Doug Jones who got the Klansmen behind the 1963 Birmingham church bombing indicted.

I did my duty. Unfortunately, for many in this state voting for a democrat is immoral.

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

You know that all he sees is this guy in his mind's eye:

 

[Goldenroad]

Probably not the best wording, but when watching the video, he didn't seem as though he was disparaging any specific group. Not at all a defense, but I thought it would be way worse. I just don't know why he needed to include any of that language.

Yeah....probably.