LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them] to chapotraphouse • 4 months agoThe borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil Religionimagemessage-square39 fedilinkarrow-up1142file-text
arrow-up1142imageThe borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil ReligionLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them] to chapotraphouse • 4 months agomessage-square39 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear33·4 months agoI was trying to explain this to a European and they really just were not getting it. "All countries have nationalism!" "all countries have exceptionalism!" : ( link
minus-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]hexagonhexbear18·4 months ago"No, like the American stuff makes Italian fascist art look tasteful." link
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlhexbear4·4 months agoTo be fair many Europeans do think Italian fascist art look tasteful. linkfedilink
minus-squarecomrade_pibb [comrade/them]hexbear17·4 months agoAMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS THE BEST is a tough sell, yeah link
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear5·4 months ago"The world spanning genocidal nuclear empire's high self confidence has some distinctive features that distinguish it from, like, idfk, greece" link
isn't even that absurd tbh
I was trying to explain this to a European and they really just were not getting it. "All countries have nationalism!" "all countries have exceptionalism!" : (
"No, like the American stuff makes Italian fascist art look tasteful."
To be fair many Europeans do think Italian fascist art look tasteful.
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS THE BEST is a tough sell, yeah
"The world spanning genocidal nuclear empire's high self confidence has some distinctive features that distinguish it from, like, idfk, greece"