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Remember the happy days of "that's crazy, I'm glad it can't happen here"?
by Terr_ 2y ago
Remember the happy days of "that's crazy, I'm glad it can't happen here"?
- aaronbrethorst 2y agoYes I do distinctly recall November 4, 2024.
- Terr_ 2y agoI was thinking 2016 plus a few no-personal-repercussions scandals.
- mdp2021 2y agoNo, sorry, I understand it was clear it could happen in the late XVIII century. Hence some definite effort to avoid bad turns. Hence engineering with care, hence maintenance. Signals had been there. And the dangers were "known knowns".
- megous 2y agoIf USA can fund and support genocide just fine, is not letting some people into the country based on some frivolous reasons really that crazy a thing?
- clipsy 2y agoI'm not defending the position, but for a lot of Americans I think the emphasis is "it can't happen here."
- megous 2y agoNot sure what you mean by "here" and where you see the distinction. It's still in the "Americans doing bad things to foreigners" category. There's no distinction. It's just that rejecting some French on the border is just relatively minor bad thing, compared to materially supporting genocide.
- pmags 2y agoI posted this previously as it's own thread but it got no uptake, but the sentiment is so appropriate here: https://boingboing.net/2025/03/19/tom-the-dancing-bug-news-of-the-times-local-crackpot-takes-trump-seriously.html https://boingboing.net/2025/03/19/tom-the-dancing-bug-news-o...
- tim333 2y agoWell, what do you expect for disrespecting America's monarch?