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[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah, but this was posted on the 7th of April?

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Now all we need is a pointless argument on which way the toilet paper goes on the roll holder.

Obviously the opposite direction from the way the toilet bowl flushes.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This definitely isn't whitepeopletwitter

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Mixed people just can't catch a break

[–] Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 4 months ago (6 children)
[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

lol. It's funny cause we're supposed to pretend the alternatives would've been better (i.e. Clinton, McCain, or Romney)

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 37 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Or maybe that America is an evil empire that will commit atrocities regardless of who's the president.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But it's just Obama. Why not use the American flag or put USA somewhere?

Sure he ramped up drone use... but like you said we would've done that regardless of who was president

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

Because he won a Nobel peace prize? It's good to remind people that he isn't a good person. Everyone likes to pretend he was "the only good president" or something. He did evil things too. Like "crimes against humanity" evil.

The cartoon works because it plays on people's preconceived notions of Obama.

Also it's possible the cartoon was drawn while he was president, in which case he would represent the US just as well as an American flag for purposes of a political cartoon.

[–] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Proven every single year. It's not a new thing either. Look at the real non-revisionist history of "the war of 1812" and you'll see how the US started some shit unprovoked yet again, got their asses handed to them like Vietnam, and had to retreat. Canadians/British burned down the US capital as a f-off symbol and then retreated. The US views that as a victory.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The US views the war of 1812 as a victory? In Canada we are taught it was a British victory. A white peace is typically considered a loss for the aggressor.

[–] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes. The US teaches they won it. I protested that using the textbooks of my parents from other commonwealth countries which were clearly not as revisionist. History teacher failed to recognize he was wrong. This is the type of propaganda Americans are exposed to all the time. I was fortunate enough to have most of my education outside the US and then proactive parents that didn't let any of that propaganda BS fly.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago (6 children)

That's wild. How do they even claim victory? Like I said, they started a war with the hope of capturing territory, and no territory was captured when the peace was signed. How do you spin that as a win?

[–] AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Don't worry, idk where this person was educated but there are plenty of states with actual education standards. I'm not a recent grad by any measure, but I was taught 1812 and Vietnam were absolute losses for the US.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It’s hilarious to me that you currently have eight downvotes for saying this. Just think, that’s eight people who are still bought-in to the lies they told us when we were children and the lies they tell TV-news viewers every day.

I had to speak with someone at my job who had something that sounded like CNN blasting in the background the other day. What a depressing state of affairs.

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Its also funny because trump did 432% more of this yet everyone ignores that

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Maybe he shoulda experimented with clubbing McConnell with a baseball bat instead of rolling over when McConnell defied the Constitution during his SCOTUS pick.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

When you're doing an experiment you set up the conditions and then observe the results. If you need to constantly involve yourself then you're running a bad experiment. "Experiment" is a terrible way to describe democracy.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Biblically accurate entreaty for coexistence.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess "Inclusive experiment" is one way to describe slavery.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Started by those people doesn't mean we act like they did..even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Don't drown baby in the bathwater before you shower; or whatever the phrase is.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks, Obama!

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