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  • Lmao! The Germans are so racist that now they want chinese immigrants out of Africa as well.

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  • As an object, "Germans" is usually some subset in the set of all Germans. "I met Germans in the park today." --> I met some people in the park, which are German. As a subject, this subset can be the entire set. "Germans are racist." --> Germans are generally racist.

    "The Germans" is the subset of all Germans in some other set. "I met the Germans in the park today" --> If you are talking to a colleague, this likely means something like "I met all the Germans of our team in the park today."

    As you point out, "the Germans" needs a context, i.e. which set are the Germans a subset of? Without context, that set is the set of all humans.

    The question is then, which context does OP provide? And I think this is where our difference in how we understand comes from. I read the title first, so I read it as "Germans (as a subset of all humans) are racist". But, given the posted image, you may also read it as "German officials (as a subset of all officials) are racist", which is probably how you read it. I still wouldn't agree with that message, but I wouldn't reject it quite as strongly as the first one.

    I think both readings of the title are valid, and this ambiguity could be avoided by using "Germany" or "German officials"

    Another point: I agree that Germany has an issue with racism. But how is an ethnostate constitutionally supported? The constitution straight up bans racism in article 3: "No one may be disadvantaged or favored because of their gender, ancestry, race, language, homeland and origin, faith, religious or political opinions."

  • Lmao! The Germans are so racist that now they want chinese immigrants out of Africa as well.

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  • Looking at some of the other replies to my comment (e.g. ElChapoDeChapo, Flyberius, CyborgMarx), I am not sure your comrades share that sentiment.

    And I would agree if we were talking about "Germany", but "The Germans" is usually used to refer to the people of Germany.

    I think it is important to clearly distinguish between a country's people and its government. Conflating the two only serves to mobilize ethnic hostilities.

  • Lmao! The Germans are so racist that now they want chinese immigrants out of Africa as well.

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  • It would, but I suppose OP's intention was not to make constructive and nuanced criticism, but rather to rally against a supposed homogenous and evil 'other'.

  • Lmao! The Germans are so racist that now they want chinese immigrants out of Africa as well.

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  • The lack of self-reflection required to say 'People of nationality X are racist' is mind-blowing to me.

  • Vorgehen gegen AfD Werbung im Briefkasten

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  • Ich halte es für unwahrscheinlich dass das UWG auch Wahlwerbung betrifft.

  • Vorgehen gegen AfD Werbung im Briefkasten

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  • Ich glaube juristisch hast Du wenig in der Hand solange die Menge der Werbung nicht exzessiv ist und die Inhalte selbst nicht z.B. verfassungswidrig. Daran ändert auch deine explizite Aufforderung nichts, solange die Wahlwerbung adresslos, also nicht speziell an dich adressiert ist.

    Edit: Da habe ich mich wohl geirrt: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/23984982

  • Will there be more rain due to climate change?

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  • So what's gonna happen when Trump dies (if he dies this year)?

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  • Vance would take over, nothing would really change I think.

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    To those who think that you should experience everything in the world at least once:

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  • Children experience more extreme emotions in general, not just happiness. Think of the tantrums they throw.

    And honestly, no, my main goal isn't to blindly chase dopamine.

    For one, happiness is more complex than that, you cannot just reduce it to one hormone (e.g. what about serotonin or oxytocin?)

    Secondly, I think experience and personal development are important, they put happiness into perspective and let you appreciate it better. Leaving your comfort zone can be deeply rewarding, even if it doesn't immediately result in a dopamine boost.

    I can confidently say that I am happier now than I was as a child, despite the fact I now laugh less.

  • Parkplätze wichtiger als Wohnungen? Architekt verzweifelt an Behörde in Braunschweig

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  • Fands schon immer wild dass man den qm im Schnitt für 13€ mietet, Autos mit ihren locker 8 qm aber vielerorts kostenlos im öffentlichen Raum abgestellt werden können.

  • The Western Press Are Trying To Spin Epstein As A RUSSIAN Agent

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  • I don't think it is fair to say that the New York Post, Daily Mail and Sun represent the entire 'Western Media'.

    They are some of the least reputable "News" outlets. I haven't seen any of the more reputable news sources try to make that link.

  • Support Fediverse Thought Police

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  • Because piefed is decentralized, open-source and non-profit.

  • Support Fediverse Thought Police

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  • Because on Lemmy we never have comments/posts removed or users blocked because mods disagree with them /s

  • Why do people who try to convince others to switch to metric focus so much on the conversions?

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  • There are plenty of people though who do these kinds of calculations daily. Like engineers and scientists.

  • Living paycheck to paycheck doesn't necessarily have to FEEL miserable. Capital just encourages that.

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  • The problem with living paycheck to paycheck isn't that you can't book cruises. It is that you have zero security. If something breaks, you can't repair it. If you lose your job, you're on the street. If things get any more expensive, you are skipping meals.

  • Wohnungssuche mit ausländischem Namen: BGH fällt Urteil

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  • Ich habe letztens bei der Wohnungssuche eine Mieterin kontaktiert die einen Nachmietenden gesucht hat. Da hieß es dann vom Vermieter gäbe es die Vorgabe, dass der Nachmietende entweder eine Frau oder ein altes Ehepaar sein muss.

    Für 3.000€ sollte ich da vielleicht auch ne Klage draus machen.

  • Any thought on this?

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  • A very reductive, contrarian way of thinking. "The US is bad, therefore anything the US opposes is good, actually"

    For these people, everything is black or white. There is only the evil US plus its allies, and its heroic enemies.

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    Trump is the new 9/11 - in a decade, we will be looking back with nostalgia to a world before international rules and standards were still valid

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  • It's not like international law really meant anything before Trump. It has been broken many times before with no real consequences, also by the US. The UN really doesn't have the power to enforce anything.

  • I’m not saying that I agree with right- or center-wing views, and I do condemn transphobia. However, do you think there should be a distinction between critiquing beliefs of transgender people and the

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  • I have tried to get my point across before, but was labeled a transphobe. I have no issue with trans people and wish them all the best in their pursuit of happiness. I understand the issue they face: Society put them in one of two gender categories, and they don't feel that's where they belong. That's a valid issue in my eyes.

    I just don't really see the current approach fixing this. Its like we saw that there was an issue with racism, but instead of abolishing it, we added more categories like "race-fluid".

    In my eyes, the root issue is the concept of gender identities, and how big a role they play in our day to day lifes. Why does the way people address me (sir/madam, he/she) depend on my gender identity? Why does every form I fill out ask for my gender identity? Why are so many things separated by gender?

    I'd like to see a post-gender society, where we don't need pronouns. Where there is no concept of gender identity, because everyone is just themselves.

    Instead of staying inside the box, adding classification after classification, I think we should leave the box and stop assigning a gender identity to every one of us.

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  • I think there is probably a difference here between small companies where there is one owner that knows all their employees and corparations with thousands of employees and anonymous shareholders.