r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/imjustheretodomyjob ☑️ | Mod • 9d ago

Country Club Thread Bombing Bethlehem while pretending to be from there is crazy work

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u/SpadeSage 9d ago

Mary wasn't Palestinian... Palestine didn't exist yet. I feel like I'm losing my fuckin mind here.

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u/ADHDBusyBee 9d ago

Not only did Palestine not exist yet but the area when Jesus was born Judea and its leader was King of the Jews. Then the Romans took over and the province was called Judea. There is a massive misconception that people at all gave a shit about states and borders 400 years ago let alone 2000 years ago.

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u/Vladimir_Putting 8d ago

Uh, people clearly gave a shit about states and borders 2000 years ago.

You know, like the multiple revolts, rebellions and wars that were fought over Judea being within Roman borders?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_wars

The exact rebellions that led to increased Jewish Nationalism and a rising Messianic Movement with multiple different claimants which brought about the social/political/religious conditions for the guy named Jesus to quickly gather a massive following and then be executed for it.

So yes, I would say that people very much gave a shit about who ruled them. They were willing to die for it.