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1st August 2022, 06:50 AM | #41 |
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1st August 2022, 07:13 AM | #42 |
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1st August 2022, 07:26 AM | #43 |
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1st August 2022, 08:18 AM | #44 |
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Counterbalance in the little town of Ridgeview, Ohio. Two people permanently enslaved by the tyranny of fear and superstitution, facing the future with a kind of helpless dread. Two others facing the future with confidence - having escaped one of the darker places of the Twilight Zone. |
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1st August 2022, 08:19 AM | #45 |
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Counterbalance in the little town of Ridgeview, Ohio. Two people permanently enslaved by the tyranny of fear and superstitution, facing the future with a kind of helpless dread. Two others facing the future with confidence - having escaped one of the darker places of the Twilight Zone. |
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1st August 2022, 08:22 AM | #46 |
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1st August 2022, 08:26 AM | #47 |
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Counterbalance in the little town of Ridgeview, Ohio. Two people permanently enslaved by the tyranny of fear and superstitution, facing the future with a kind of helpless dread. Two others facing the future with confidence - having escaped one of the darker places of the Twilight Zone. |
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1st August 2022, 08:52 AM | #48 |
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1st August 2022, 09:45 AM | #49 |
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Well there is the view that it's actually a dogwhistle and one should replace "Lizards" for (((Jews))) - and he certainly has pushed some Holocaust denial as well. I don't want to be reminded what the flavour of it was.
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1st August 2022, 03:42 PM | #50 |
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I wonder if Icke has any opinions as to where the Skrulls fit into this.
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1st August 2022, 05:00 PM | #51 |
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1st August 2022, 09:42 PM | #52 |
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1st August 2022, 09:58 PM | #53 |
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Icke's antisemitism is very much on the surface.
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1st August 2022, 10:06 PM | #54 |
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1st August 2022, 10:29 PM | #55 |
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1st August 2022, 10:52 PM | #56 |
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2nd August 2022, 12:40 AM | #58 |
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2nd August 2022, 12:50 AM | #59 |
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2nd August 2022, 01:09 AM | #60 |
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I saw the interview Terry Wogan did with him shortly after he stopped being a sports commentator, must have been in the 70s, during which he pretty much claimed to be the second coming of Jesus Christ. He certainly seemed to me to be in urgent need of psychiatric help at that point. Since then he seems to have found a way of making a living out of his delusions. The lizard stuff may be antisemitism, but I think it's more likely he actually believes it.
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2nd August 2022, 12:26 PM | #61 |
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IIRC, his 'lizard' nonsense arrived just after the hugely popular sci-fi series 'V'. I remember asking a friend if he [Icke] had thought it was a documentary.
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5th August 2022, 10:33 PM | #62 |
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I used to lurk his forums around the same time I joined here when it was still JREF. Holy crap, that page was a trip.
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6th August 2022, 09:55 AM | #63 |
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It's easy for the fascist mind to hold both beliefs, and others, at the same time and with equal fervency.
Anyway, you've surely watched Borat, from 2006. ("They"want you to believe that it's a mockumentary.) Remember the scene where the J**s turn into roaches and the frightened Christians throw money at them? Did it look scripted to you? Hell, after insects, reptiloids would be a schnäpp. * * Sorry for the Yiddish. Sometimes I can't hep it, nu vat I can do? oh god, it's starting again my name is Gregor S |
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6th August 2022, 10:35 AM | #64 |
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6th August 2022, 11:46 AM | #65 |
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I laffed at The Running of the Jews
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6th August 2022, 02:46 PM | #66 |
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6th August 2022, 10:15 PM | #67 |
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7th August 2022, 07:10 AM | #68 |
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7th August 2022, 07:33 AM | #69 |
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I got banned from 'his' site in a purge that got rid of a lot if members that didn't by into the groupthink. For a place that prides itself on free thinking, they really don't like it if you disagree with them.
I put 'his' in commas because I think the main money milking activities are controlled by his son these days. |
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8th August 2022, 01:08 AM | #70 |
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8th August 2022, 02:20 AM | #72 |
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8th August 2022, 10:40 AM | #73 |
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I'm not all that familiar with Icke, and keep wondering: Do you pronounce the "e"?
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8th August 2022, 10:46 AM | #74 |
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8th August 2022, 11:28 AM | #75 |
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The Wikipedia pronunciation says aɪk. aɪ, "i" in "tide". k, "k" in "kind"
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8th August 2022, 11:43 AM | #77 |
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I do wonder something about this. Isn't his antisemitism very much of the elders of the protocols of Zion variety. Where in ordinary Jews are also the victims of the super jews that control everything. Not that it isn't anti-semitism but its slightly different that everyday antisemitism?
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8th August 2022, 12:08 PM | #78 |
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9th August 2022, 03:48 PM | #79 |
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11th August 2022, 04:07 PM | #80 |
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I doubt Icke has a clue what goes on with his mad forum. They've split their second most popular thread about the flat earth into 2 exclusive threads on opposite sides. You may not argue with the flat earth loonies otherwise their mods say you'll get a warning.
They don't like anyone arguing about their daft covid claims either. |
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