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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

The colonizer still lives within that one...

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The colonizer still lives within that one...

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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    Are we allowed to make jokes about national heritage now, too? Cause I’ve got some zingers about my old Middle Eastern roommate, but they’ve been bombing…

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      Jokes about national heritage are fine - in fact, they’re all over this sub.

      https://lemmy.world/post/27559507

      https://lemmy.world/post/27424779

      https://lemmy.world/post/25877958

      https://lemmy.world/post/22815483

      But simply repeating popular bigotry that people earnestly believe is not a joke, and will not be treated as such.

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        The downvotes on the comment you answered to tell us a different story though. Ultimately the mods decide, but still

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        Woah. Ok. So, you have no idea what the term colonizer means, if you think any of those jokes is remotely close to what you posted earlier today.

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          So, you have no idea what the term colonizer means,

          Lord.

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            So, that’s a no.

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              Coloniser after colonising the place becomes the land-“Lord”. Hence the answer

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      If your national Heritage is colonization and slavery… Oof…

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