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the empire has no clothes (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by culprit@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I’m not yet ready to cede the term “American” to those who would support genocide.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

AmeriKKKan is also acceptable.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

In Australia we call them Seppos.

Yank > Septic Tank > Seppo.

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

[–] parody@lemmings.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It wasn’t Americans who invaded America…

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

This has to be satire.