NoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her] to History • 3 years agoFreedom fries-type dumbassery goes back further than I thoughtimagemessage-square20 fedilinkarrow-up184
arrow-up184imageFreedom fries-type dumbassery goes back further than I thoughtNoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her] to History • 3 years agomessage-square20 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarepumpchilienthusiast [comrade/them, any]hexbear22·3 years agoAmerican anti-Germanism during WWI was a helluva thing . link
minus-squarecommiecapybara [he/him, e/em/eir]hexbear22·3 years ago Some words of German origin were changed, at least temporarily. [...] German measles became "liberty measles" :data-laughing: link
minus-squaretrabpukcip [he/him]hexbear20·3 years agoMy favorite example of WW1 nativist hysteria: a Norwegian-American couple was arrested for praying in not-english at their dead veteran son's funeral link
minus-squarepumpchilienthusiast [comrade/them, any]hexbear9·3 years agocouldnt have said it better myself link
American anti-Germanism during WWI was a helluva thing .
:data-laughing:
My favorite example of WW1 nativist hysteria: a Norwegian-American couple was arrested for praying in not-english at their dead veteran son's funeral
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couldnt have said it better myself