@[email protected] to People [email protected] • 2 months agoThe Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reasonlemmy.mlimagemessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1869arrow-down110
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoI would say it is fair to make fun of them as long as they themselves still glorify that past.
minus-square@Tudsamfalink2•edit-22 months agoSo you would say it’s fair if he had said “It’s called Japan” instead? They glorify their recent past as well.
minus-squareI Cast Fistlinkfedilink3•2 months agoI’m sure a lot of folks on SEA would heartily agree, especially Chinese and Koreans.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoIf by recent past you mean the genocides in their most recent wars with their neighbors then yes, I would say that would qualify them to be made fun of in that way. If you just mean some industrial successes in the 1980s, not so much.
I would say it is fair to make fun of them as long as they themselves still glorify that past.
So you would say it’s fair if he had said “It’s called Japan” instead? They glorify their recent past as well.
I’m sure a lot of folks on SEA would heartily agree, especially Chinese and Koreans.
If by recent past you mean the genocides in their most recent wars with their neighbors then yes, I would say that would qualify them to be made fun of in that way. If you just mean some industrial successes in the 1980s, not so much.