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pic.twitter.com/peyMeEMA25— Giancarlo (@GianKaizen) November 12, 2022

Imperialism at its best.

  • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    While I appreciate the insight, I'm unable to take this event out of the context (a veterans day airshow) and find sympathy for even civilian pilots. In a basic, "aw that sucks those people had families" I can pity them a little bit, but then I'm reminded that the entire event is a preposterous circus dedicated to projecting and glorifying military power while the planet burns.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      people that fly planes will use any excuse to fly planes, if you put on a gay pride airshow and paid for the warplanes to show up I'm certain they would

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I'm not sure how much better it is if the company that makes Confederate flags would also make pride flags if you paid them.

          • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Yeah but the point is that willingness to work for "both sides" isn't necessarily a vindicating factor. You can preserve history without allowing it to be used to promote American imperialism.

              • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                Outside of this being a veterans day event idk how this is really “promoting imperialism”.

                Youre right. If we put aside the whitewashing of the reputation of war criminals, this event doesnt promote imperialism.

                  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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                    2 years ago

                    I mean yeah maybe people just wanted to see some cool planes. It's just that the people who spend their weekends larping as SS officers also use "protecting history" and "see cool war vehicles" as excuses for their crypto fascism so also :shrug-outta-hecks: