• @Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world
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    5810 months ago

    And our most famous monument says “give me your tired, your hungry, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”

    But I guess that only belongs to Texans who have had that freedom their whole life and are threatened by others seeking the same thing.

      • @crusa187@lemmy.ml
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        510 months ago

        Gotta question whether even White Northern Europeans would be accepted by these people. I suspect no, not really. Such is the extent of the hateful fear mongering they subject themselves to daily.

        • @Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone
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          410 months ago

          So racist they hate everyone who isn’t themselves.

          TBH I detest much of humanity as well, but it’s mostly because there are so many of us that we’re wrecking the planet / ecosystem. It’s easy psychologically to dislike the faceless ‘other’ until you meet them personally and grok their individual humanity. At least I understand the concept and can temper my instincts with logic. These dipshits need a good therapy session.

          • @pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe
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            110 months ago

            grok their individual humanity.

            I was legit going to say something until I looked it up and grok does, in fact, turn out to be an actual slang term:

            grok

            1. To understand something intimately and completely. (originally from Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein)
            1. With programs, having sufficient understanding.

            TIL 🤷

        • eric
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          510 months ago

          It’s so hard to tell anymore, but it’s either sarcasm or misinformation because the plaque is still on the statue and a replica of it is displayed in the museum.