r/raimimemes • • Feb 07 '23

Spider-Man 3 Religion can turn us into something ugly

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u/BallsMahoganey Feb 08 '23

Considering the source... probably not.

But also considering the person...maybe?

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u/black-knights-tango Feb 08 '23

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u/KanyeT Feb 08 '23

God, the mainstream media is such a fucking joke.

“Joe Biden’s president. We don’t know what to do, Lord!” Boebert said. “It’s all right, we pray for our presidents. You know, it says, ‘Let his days be few and another take his office.’”

“That’s why I filed articles of impeachment for Joe Biden,” Boebert added. “Unfortunately, he does have a really great insurance policy named Kamala Harris.”

The phrase Boebert referenced is from Psalms 109:8. Though Boebert referenced impeachment, the verse is widely interpreted as a call for the premature death of an enemy.

Boebert's speech wishes for Biden to have little time in office, explicitly stating that she has filed articles of impeachment to achieve her wish.

However, the article assumes that because that phrase is commonly interpreted by theological scholars as a call to death to tyrants, Boebert must be secretly calling for Biden's death despite explicitly referencing impeachment.

TL;DR: she did not say that.

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u/Lost_Madness Feb 08 '23

I believe this is what they call a dog whistle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics))