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"ICE Is" Looking for Very Low-Level Recruits in Amazing New Spoof Video by Michelle Wolf (Original Post) guillaumeb Jul 2018 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chickensoup Jul 2018 #1
What a bunch of Daesh bags! Fritz Walter Jul 2018 #2
I liked the repeated "ICE is" guillaumeb Jul 2018 #3
not to mention the promise of paradise Fritz Walter Jul 2018 #4

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Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
2. What a bunch of Daesh bags!
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:36 AM
Jul 2018

What's in a name?

The term “Daesh” is strategically a better choice because it is still accurate in that it spells out the acronym of the group’s full Arabic name, al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. Yet, at the same time, “Daesh” can also be understood as a play on words — and an insult. Depending on how it is conjugated in Arabic, it can mean anything from “to trample down and crush” to “a bigot who imposes his view on others.” Already, the group has reportedly threatened to cut out the tongues of anyone who uses the term.
Emphasis added.

Boston Globe

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
4. not to mention the promise of paradise
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 01:38 PM
Jul 2018

Even so, any MAGAts watching would probably not make the connection.

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