• FaceDeer@fedia.io
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    And even in the most insanely charitable world where we assume he is “trolling”, he’s still saying an intensely offensive thing to Canadians without any reason other than “lulz.” That’s the most charitable possible interpretation and it’s still awful.

    Of course, most Americans don’t realize it’s an intensely offensive thing. That’s a major part of the problem.

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      Of course, most Americans don’t realize it’s an intensely offensive thing. That’s a major part of the problem.

      “America is the greatest nation on earth, why wouldn’t another country want to be part of it?”

      That’s what happens when a population is spoon-fed “patriotism” from birth. All the nationalism and propaganda is doing its job promoting American exceptionalism while diminishing empathy and critical thinking.

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        Reciting every day in school how great your country is, is peak brainwashing to me. When I learned about that, it was so weird to me.

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      As someone who lives in America, I don’t understand how anyone DOES NOT think it’s offensive and threatening and a horrible stance for a president to have. But the ones that don’t think it’s a big deal is how we got where we are and I’m disappointed in my country… again.

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      I wonder if Musk taught him this trick. He keeps pulling it out of his ass every time negative news (that he actually cares about like his recent polling numbers) comes out and he wants to distract from it. This is exactly what Musk used to do before he took the mask off.