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Don't be silly. Only poor, dark-skinned people get convicted of inadvertently supporting terrorism. Good White Christians make honest mistakes.
by Analemma_ 9y ago
Don't be silly. Only poor, dark-skinned people get convicted of inadvertently supporting terrorism. Good White Christians make honest mistakes.
- rabboRubble 9y agoI know. I'm wondering if I'm white and rich enough to avoid consequences for having "giving money to terrorist organizations" in my browser history.
- artificial 9y agoHow quickly The Troubles and the IRA are forgotten.
- ichamo 9y agoI haven't. Donating money to the IRA used to be very fashionable in Boston bars throughout the 80s and 90s (According to my Northern Irish Protestant family). I also remember when a Hollywood actor also publicly donated to the IRA as well.
- jsmthrowaway 9y agoForgotten? There are groups who reject the ceasefire to this day.
- sctb 9y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14719484 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14719484 and marked it off-topic.