# Any Michael Rapaport fans? Can you explain this? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488 "2023-11-21T18:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/41 "2023-11-22T11:06:16Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I assumed you were just using the wording the guy used. No, that was my wording and I stand by it. There is lots of scum out there that very definitely supports Hamas, either by saying that the slaughter was all a false flag by Israel or by directly saying that it was justified. Just like there is a lot of scum out there that [supports Osama bin Laden](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/osama-bin-laden-letter-to-america-tiktok-hashtag-removed-viral-videos-rcna125534). Here is an interesting Israeli take I saw recently about American supporters of Hamas. > **[Israeli satire show pokes fun at Western liberal support Hamas terrorist](https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-771857)** > > Israeli television show Eretz Nehederet, meaning ‘wonderful country’, has poked fun at Western liberal support for the Hamas terrorist organization in a new clip.  ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/42 "2023-11-22T23:12:52Z")
So Rapaport thinks the things will get less antisemitic with Trump as president? Maybe he’s losing roles because he’s a moron. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/43 "2023-11-22T23:42:00Z")
If there’s one thing the recent crisis has taught us is that Israel is much better off with Biden in charge than that Putin-fellating moron. My country owes the President an eternal debt of gratitude for his support. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/44 "2023-11-22T23:54:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > If there’s one thing the recent crisis has taught us is that Israel is much better off with Biden in charge than that Putin-fellating moron. You need to post in my local Jewish Facebook group. The hawks are out in droves and think Biden forced Bibi into the hostage release deal. I’m at my wits end dealing with some of these people. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/45 "2023-11-23T00:24:15Z")
> [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > The hawks are out in droves and think Biden forced Bibi into the hostage release deal. Getting hostages back is a bad thing; did I miss something? ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/46 "2023-11-23T00:36:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > did I miss something? Nope, they are Common Clay of the New West. You know, morons. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/47 "2023-11-23T00:59:29Z")
I was raised Catholic. ( Hiss, spit, say all the hateful sh-t you want. Vent your religious hatred here. ) I quit that church because women have the right to both birth control and pregnancy terminations… and I would never let some bone-head brow beat me onto a bus to harass them. Do what’s right, do no harm & keep the faith that in doing so you make the world a better place. Perhaps in other religions… other people need to be shown the door like I was? Told that they can take their ignorant hate and their oil-smell guns with them? No character in ANY bible, new or old testament, had a gun. None of them went to town killing people for bounties. Peace does not come from killing ( Hatfields vs McCoys is my cite ) . Look, I’m not sure I’d be welcome in any Temple, even for a half hour. I smell funny because I eat shell fish. ( With hot sauce and it’s good ). But I’d never visit with the thought of leading people astray… leading people to murder and kill for the thrill, hatred, and blood-lust of war. What is the excuse of these Hawks? Are there no people with brooms to sweep them out the door? ( Between religion and hockey, I’m starting to like hockey better… ) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/48 "2023-11-23T01:08:04Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I was raised Catholic. > ( Hiss, spit, say all the hateful sh-t you want. Vent your religious hatred here. ) Is this what a slam poetry session is like? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/49 "2023-11-23T01:23:57Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Is this what a slam poetry session is like? As a young kid, I did a stint as an altar boy. There was a chair in the back of the room that had the lockers where a priest would sit smiling and giggling as we changed clothes into Cassocks. Slam that religion all you want. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/50 "2023-11-23T01:44:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Getting hostages back is a bad thing; did I miss something? It’s hard to kill Muslims during a cease-fire ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/51 "2023-11-23T01:56:43Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > > [@Odesio](#): > > > > Is this what a slam poetry session is like? > > As a young kid, I did a stint as an altar boy. There was a chair in the back of the room that had the lockers where a priest would sit smiling and giggling as we changed clothes into Cassocks. > > Slam that religion all you want. ??? We just put on cassock and surplice over our street clothes. N. B. I’ve also left the RCC, but not for the behavior of the Church or any of its representatives. It’s more the fact that when I look at the Nicene Creed as a checklist, I don’t check ANY of the boxes. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/52 "2023-11-23T03:08:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s hard to kill Muslims during a cease-fire Or they think all the hostages should be released unharmed with no release of multiples of Hamas prisoners by the Israelis. I’m not naive enough to believe this would ever happen. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/53 "2023-11-23T08:12:09Z")
> [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > You need to post in my local Jewish Facebook group. The hawks are out in droves and think Biden forced Bibi into the hostage release deal. I’m at my wits end dealing with some of these people. Yeah, Biden and the vast majority of the Israeli public. Your hawks are a bunch of idiots. Sure, it’s a bad deal, but we still have to take it. They have our kids. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/54 "2023-11-23T10:58:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > People who openly support Hamas may be relatively rare in the West, but Hamas fellow travelers and useful idiots are legion. I don’t blame Rappaport for not making the distinction. ⁢ I very, very much do. It’s no different than a pro-lifer calling their opponents pro-murder. It’s the same argument that anyone who is critical of Israel (the government)'s policies is an antisemite. Claiming that people who disagree with Israel’s actions are in fact terrorist sympathizers is clearly false, and only makes everything worse. It’s something you say to incite hate and keep the fighting going. It prevents any attempt at finding common ground. The reality is that most people are both against what Hamas did, but also against Israel’s response. Both involved too much unnecessary killing of innocent civilians. The people who think that Israel needs to go after Hamas and the people who think that will only make things worse still all agree that the killing civilians is bad. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/55 "2023-11-23T11:28:03Z")
@Darren_Garrison @FinsToTheLeft Both of you seem to be missing my point. Yes, there obviously are a small number of people in the US who support Hamas, just like there was a small number of people who supported Bin Laden. But the vast majority of people who do not support Israel’s actions are not pro-Hamas, nor are they antisemitic. That video that DG linked is at best ridiculous and at worst propaganda. It presents anyone who does not support Israel’s actions as if they are idiot kids who “stan” Hamas. This Rapaport guy clearly thinks that anyone who says anything against Israel’s actions are antisemitic. He’s calling Hollywood of all places antisemitic. And he’s complaining of being cancelled, and saying he’ll vote for Trump, because somehow that will fix it. He’s apparently gone over the deep end on this. But DG reported his position in a way that made it seem like it had merit. That’s why I refuted it. And, while I’m here: If you support Biden, @Alessan, then you’re supporting someone who is pushing Israel to stop the fighting, and who is pushing for a two state solution. This comedian would clearly think you were an antisemite for that. And with that I’ll mute this thread, as it’s pissing me off too much. ---
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> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > There was a chair in the back of the room that had the lockers where a priest would sit smiling and giggling as we changed clothes into Cassocks. You changed clothes into a cassock? We just put them on over whatever we were wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/57 "2023-11-24T04:12:59Z")
I was 8 or 9. There were lockers where you’d put your coat & street clothes & stuff and where you’d hang up the cassock after. I’m old now & he was in his 40s then. He’s probably long dead now. That church was torn down in the 80s and a new church was built on the lot. I never got touched or anything. I guess he got a ‘show’. Like they all say, “prove it” except all the witnesses & evidence is gone. The monetary damages wouldn’t fill a wicker basket so there’s nothing to gain. Even if he was still around, he’d probably say I misunderstood his instructions. So that’s that. Not sure what any of that has to do with death and murder in the middle east though… ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488/58 "2023-11-24T04:21:26Z")
Missed the edit window, just saw this. > **[Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the...](https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-gaza-mohammed-raad-c77c0e41d529d44f7d355eb6aa79d935)** > > The militant Hezbollah group has fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel. The waves of rockets sent over the border represented one of the most intense bombardments since Hezbollah started attacking Israeli posts in the... Q: Isn’t Hezbollah the group that Rump recently praised…? ---
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I’m pretty sure he said that none of this would have happened if he was still president. If the war continues long enough, he’ll end it just as soon as he’s inaugurated. ---
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