Religious nut Senator Tom Cotton claims slavery and holocaust were necessary

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Tom Cotton has claimed that slavery and the Jewish holocaust were "necessary evils" and if it weren't for them there would be no Israel and no USA.

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Not liking the way the 1619 Project shows American history, Cotton is pushing to defund schools in states that decide to use it. Cotton said:
"We have to study the history of slavery and its role and impact on the development of our country because otherwise we can’t understand our country. As the Founding Fathers said, it was the necessary evil upon which the Union was built, but the Union was built in a way, as [President Abraham] Lincoln said, to put slavery on the course to its ultimate extinction.”
Of the Jewish Holocaust Cotton told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
“the Holocaust was also a necessary evil.” Appearing earlier today on the Fox New Channel’s morning show Fox and Friends, Cotton justified his remarks, arguing that “absent the Holocaust, Israel would not be a country today.”

Cotton went on to explain that, according to the book of Revelations, “it is absolutely necessary for the Jews to be in Israel” so that “the Beast can be destroyed at the Second Coming of Christ.”
So, according to Cotton, slaves were needed to build this country and Jews were needed so that the Christians could have their savior show up again. And people vote for this man.
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Lemons wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:04 pm Tom Cotton has claimed that slavery and the Jewish holocaust were "necessary evils" and if it weren't for them there would be no Israel and no USA.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasre ... d066566de7

Not liking the way the 1619 Project shows American history, Cotton is pushing to defund schools in states that decide to use it. Cotton said:
"We have to study the history of slavery and its role and impact on the development of our country because otherwise we can’t understand our country. As the Founding Fathers said, it was the necessary evil upon which the Union was built, but the Union was built in a way, as [President Abraham] Lincoln said, to put slavery on the course to its ultimate extinction.”
Of the Jewish Holocaust Cotton told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
“the Holocaust was also a necessary evil.” Appearing earlier today on the Fox New Channel’s morning show Fox and Friends, Cotton justified his remarks, arguing that “absent the Holocaust, Israel would not be a country today.”

Cotton went on to explain that, according to the book of Revelations, “it is absolutely necessary for the Jews to be in Israel” so that “the Beast can be destroyed at the Second Coming of Christ.”
So, according to Cotton, slaves were needed to build this country and Jews were needed so that the Christians could have their savior show up again. And people vote for this man.
I may toss up my dinner.
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Is anything about what he said contrary to the belief of most of the country in between New York and LA?

Religious people believe that. Most of your country is religious in the evangelical way.
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Why were they necessary?
Frau Holle wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:14 pm Is anything about what he said contrary to the belief of most of the country in between New York and LA?

Religious people believe that. Most of your country is religious in the evangelical way.
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Oh my ...

I swear every time a trump sycophant opens his/her mouth, the circus theme should be played.
Lemons wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:04 pm Tom Cotton has claimed that slavery and the Jewish holocaust were "necessary evils" and if it weren't for them there would be no Israel and no USA.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasre ... d066566de7

Not liking the way the 1619 Project shows American history, Cotton is pushing to defund schools in states that decide to use it. Cotton said:
"We have to study the history of slavery and its role and impact on the development of our country because otherwise we can’t understand our country. As the Founding Fathers said, it was the necessary evil upon which the Union was built, but the Union was built in a way, as [President Abraham] Lincoln said, to put slavery on the course to its ultimate extinction.”
Of the Jewish Holocaust Cotton told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
“the Holocaust was also a necessary evil.” Appearing earlier today on the Fox New Channel’s morning show Fox and Friends, Cotton justified his remarks, arguing that “absent the Holocaust, Israel would not be a country today.”

Cotton went on to explain that, according to the book of Revelations, “it is absolutely necessary for the Jews to be in Israel” so that “the Beast can be destroyed at the Second Coming of Christ.”
So, according to Cotton, slaves were needed to build this country and Jews were needed so that the Christians could have their savior show up again. And people vote for this man.
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Here's why Christians think Israel is necessary:

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It depends on how you define the word.

To him, necessary meant to make the country as rich as it is, and to fulfill a Christian prophecy.
hotspice58 wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:15 pm Why were they necessary?
Frau Holle wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:14 pm Is anything about what he said contrary to the belief of most of the country in between New York and LA?

Religious people believe that. Most of your country is religious in the evangelical way.
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Frau Holle wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:14 pm Is anything about what he said contrary to the belief of most of the country in between New York and LA?

Religious people believe that. Most of your country is religious in the evangelical way.
Evangelicals are not a majority. The fastest growing population is the non-religious. I have no idea if the “evil necessity” story is common outside of the extremists but I don’t think so.
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SallyMae wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:34 pm Here's why Christians think Israel is necessary:

Blast from the old days. Who remembers Joe the Plumber? Cotton left the part out where Christians believe only they will be saved when Jesus makes his arrival and the Jews who kept Israel safe for them will all be killed.
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Frau Holle wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:14 pm Is anything about what he said contrary to the belief of most of the country in between New York and LA?

Religious people believe that. Most of your country is religious in the evangelical way.
Oh nooooooo. Normal people don’t use religion to justify horrible and inhumane acts like slavery or the holocaust.

This dude sounds crazy.
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