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culprit@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 days ago

the empire has no clothes

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culprit@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 days ago
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    I’m not yet ready to cede the term “American” to those who would support genocide.

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      Did you miss, like, the last 500 years or something?

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        It wasn’t Americans who invaded America…

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          How many genocided peoples called it America before the colonizers started killing them?

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            I mean… Japan isn’t called Japan in Japanese either. Unfortunately we don’t speak Mayan, or Incan, or Cherokee, or etc.…

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              I’m fairly certain they wouldn’t collectively name it after a random ass Italian dude.

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                My point was that it’s the only word we have in English.

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      Yeah, I use USAmerican to differentiate it from the rest of the American nations.

      AmeriKKKan is also acceptable.

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        Also Yankee if they’re from one of the places that get really mad when they’re called Yankees.

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          In Australia we call them Seppos.

          Yank > Septic Tank > Seppo.

          It also works in that they’re both full of shit.

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        USA has a horrible history of genocide and disruption and imperialism and all that of course—still have found “AmeriKKKa” to be cringe for some reason IDK why

        Maybe cuz folks who’ve used it haven’t been eloquent or something? Seriously not sure here, again USA has committed countless crimes and def has Ku Klux Klan in its history

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      If you are paying taxes, you support it whether you wish to or not. Don’t you love living in a great democracy?

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      This has to be satire.

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