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51 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 11h \ parent \ on: The Bellamy salute and Nazi Germany culture
He's also not American. Maybe South Africans aren't endlessly bombarded with World War II shit the way Americans are.
If he had made some gesture that's associated with Pol Pot, or almost any other horrible genocidal maniac, we wouldn't realize it.
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33 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford OP 11h
Most Americans don't even know who Pol Pot is...
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 11h
My point exactly. We're familiar with what those in power push on us.
Beating the Nazis is exhibit A in the "America's the good guy" mythos.
South Africa presumably has something else, although it's hard to imagine what. Their history is pretty ugly.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @028559d218 11h
Americans aren't always the good guys, you know. Life isn't a cowboy movie with John Wayne.
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72 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 11h
You're missing my point.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 11h
There really aren't any good guys when it comes to governments. There are bad guys and worse guys.
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