Also Goliath was a Philistine.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Philistine
a: a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
b: one uninformed in a special area of knowledge
That tracks, actually.
that's not usually what I think of when you say "Philistine". I usually think of a geographical origin.
...in modern English, the term for "Philistine" is "Gaza strip".
@ElleGray this sounds like something an abuser would say.
If you hadn't made me angry, I wouldn't have hit you.
@ElleGray Wow!
I'm neither Jewish nor Christian but even I know how that story ends!
Goliath, please meet David...
Reverse tarrifs can be a deadly slingshot rock.
@ElleGray
This is a great reference, especially when you consider that the Canadian government has some pretty strong backing from its own people here, while the United States government does not. This is likely going to be Trump's Waterloo, in which simply outlasting him is very viable, and everyone working against him knows it.
So yes, Trump is very much like Goliath here, stomping about thinking himself invincible, about to find out what happens when you pick on the little guy.
These people lack knowledge in a lot of areas, not only religious context.
Reminds me of that time Daniel got himself thrown into a den of lions — ha, what an idiot!
@ElleGray Oh, but Trump staff are working on the American bible, which contains the correct ending for stories like this.
Once published, citing from or referring to the Eurasian bible will get you a one way ticket to Guatanamo Bay.