blunderworld @ blunderworld @lemmy.ca

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Chad is actually a separate country northwest of Uganda. Don't think they're involved.

So many pedantic asshats on lemmy who spend hours arguing about which word to use. We're witnessing an unprecedented loss of innocent lives on a massive scale, and it's being treated like a fucking reality tv show on the global stage. These are real people with families, careers, dreams... Just like the rest of us.

I honestly don't care what we call it. Just stop murdering civilians.

Time and place. Don't be a creep.

Yes I get the reference.

Sri Lanka? More like PEE LANKA. Come at me bro!!!

A dishonest politician, you say? Well, I never!

Losers like this are just starved for attention. Ignore them and they lose all power.

Whether you agree with the sentiment or not, this kind of meme just isn't original enough to be funny imo. Fedora tipping edgelords bash religion all over the internet like it's their jobs.

Nothing to see here. It's just a way for sad people to feel superior.

Fair enough, maybe just a miscommunication between us then. I appreciate the respectful discussion either way.

I don't know enough about the subject to speculate about what an average American thought of Jewish immigrants - or any other immigrant population - during those centuries. I'm also neither American nor Jewish, so I can't speak personally about the day-to-day reality of that relationship currently.

What modern news and history have to say about America's tolerance level though... that is up for debate, and they tell a more complex story. While we're considering dates, a relevant example may be that the United States only abolished slavery in the 1860s. I'll grant you that speaks to the persecution of a different population, but I doubt the bigots who fought to preserve that 'right' during the American Civil War were choosy.

Please don't misunderstand me; I don't doubt that many Jewish people that emigrated to the United States have had better lives than they otherwise would have. I'm also not implying that the average American today is hateful or bigoted. I just don't agree with the notion that the world would inherently be a better place if every Jewish person impacted by diaspora ended up in the United States specifically.

It's not as though I implied the US wants to send their Jewish population to concentration camps or something.

All I meant was that America is not the bastion of tolerance that their comment would suggest it is. I think that's pretty obvious to anyone who reads the news.

Mormonism (as I'm sure you already know) started in America during the 1820s.

Ah yes, the United States; famously a leading example of tolerance and acceptance for everyone. /s

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Yeah that's my bad, I was still waking up and misunderstood. Tried to delete my post but Eternity isn't cooperating.. So everyone just ignore my last comment, please!

Then why comment?

No offense, but you really don't need to try so hard.