• Pnut@lemm.ee
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    My cousin was an Olympic sprinter and that couldn’t make me give a fuck about the Olympics. Honestly it just seems like another thing to distract families so they have something to talk about. Also, the committee is basically run by the mob. Hard pass.

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      It’s one of the few things where most of the world fights without anybody dying. We need way more things like the Olympics to remind us we are all part of the same species sharing a collective space ship Earth.

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    “Civilized” is this context is a dog whistle for white. Anti-Arab and anti-indigenous beliefs are taking over both.

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      I think you need to read the comic again.
      It’s calling the USA (white) uncivilized, and everywhere else (mostly not white) civilized.

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      A few nights ago, I watched a classic film called “The Battle for Algiers”. The movie explored the French occupation of Algeria during the independence movement of the late 50s/early 60s.

      And let me tell you, “civilized” France was doing some curiously unciviled shit by the end.

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        I love the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ. Don’t know if there’s a movie of it.

        “These stupid primitives that we’ve denied sovereignty and exploited couldn’t possibly beat us with anti aircraft weapons!”

        Fuck all colonizers. Fuck the U.S. for getting involved after the Vietnamese thoroughly said, “no, we want to rule ourselves.”

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      Is it or did you just really want to use dog whistle in a sentence and rant about whites?

      The meme implies everywhere except the US is civilized so you screaming about racism is likely just brain rot.

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        Ah yes, using white as a noun, the hallmark of a sane and reasonable person.

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    Come on come on carry on! This has potential. So it’s uncle… wotsisname? Uncle Scar? Uncle Sam? Uncle Scam? tricking Simba into going there right? What happens next? I’m intrigued

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        Hmm perhaps

        ciiircle historicaaaal… Just like in aaalabaamaaa… Faaamily treeees … I don’t know I’ve never been musically gifted

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    If you really think the US will struggle to host the olympics, it might be time to leave the basement once in a while.

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      Global sports events have never been hosted by governments with terrible human rights records right?

      Checks History

      No no no noooooo.

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      If you think Canada is bad (and it sure is), you should see how the US treated its indiginous peoples.

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        WHAT? JUST BECAUSE WE ROUNDED THEM UP AND PUT THEM IN CAMPS WITH NO FOOD OR WATER WE’RE THE BAD GUY???

        we HAD to do that, we had HUNTED their primary FOOD SOURCE in to OBLIVION.

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          I mean if we’re going to discuss statements of fact we could also include Europe’s history of colonial exploitation. But I’m on board with just ribbing the US for now.

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    Mufasa then proceeds to murder an indigenous person and give a standing ovation to an SS veteran. Simba nods and sends ten billion more to Israel.

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    I cannot fathom how maple MAGOT 51st staters haven’t looked up the price of insulin in the US vs Canada yet.

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      Consider all MAGAts cultists. You cannot fathom how fucked in the head they are. You could point this out, any logical person would see how crazy expensive insulin and other medication in the US Healthcare system is … but MAGAts have no logic whatsoever. They will just say its “fake news” or liberal propaganda.

      I am serious. You have to shut MAGA down. These bitches are crazy.

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    The football world championship is going to be in the US too. The goalies aren’t the only ones going to be shot at.