Didn’t know where to post this but man, I so get it.

  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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    Dear Muslims – To us, your region in the middle east is a single entity on the world stage, and you’ve all attacked us on 9/11. Think about how you view other countries, as infidels. For example, Israeli opposition doesn’t change what Israel does, because that’s their politics. The same applies to all Muslims, except you have the power to choose whether or not Osama Bin Laden organizes terrorist attacks.

    See how stupid this sounds? I’m not going to the Greenland subreddit and apologizing, but I am certainly not at fault for this shit.

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      As much as it sounds stupid, this is exactly how most Westerners have viewed West Asia (and still do) since 9/11.

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        No it is not. It is how the media portrays West Asia, but most people do not view it that way. If you believe that then you are falling for media manipulation just as much as you say Americans are.

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        2 months ago

        All americans DIDN’T elect Trump. He LOST the popular vote. Both times.

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            I’m not the same person, but this assumes he didn’t cheat. Which in the past, he claimed he would and there are odd discrepancies. Not saying for sure it happened, but I would believe it if it came out that it did.

            Also, you aren’t going to win any arguments calling people dumb. It just makes YOU look bad.

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            77 million Americans is not the same as all Americans. Prior poster was dumb for saying Trump lost the popular vote in '24, but that still leaves 75 million people who actively voted against this and many more who voted 3rd party in states where the conclusion was pre-determined anyway (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, read this).

            Further, you need to understand that the US doesn’t have legitimate left-wing political organization. The Democrats are more or less equivalent to most center-right parties in Europe (in action, if not in rhetoric) and The Republicans are the extreme right-wing. Actual leftists in the US are completely disenfranchised, constantly demonized in the public sphere, and ostracized by most of “polite” society. People who would be members of a leftist party if they lived in another country are mostly propagandized or demoralized into supporting the Democrats, who again, are a center-right party. This is a problem that predates Trump, so we don’t even have a recent history of being able to effectively organize, win elections, or make our demands heard.

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            Less than fifty isn’t a majority. It’s STILL not most Americans, you guilt-by-association bigoted moron.