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[–] [email protected] 102 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I am Danish and have been to Greenland. This is seriously impressive, because the people of Greenland are the absolute nicest I have ever met.

Story time: I was getting a lift from a local on his boat, when we passed a small dingy out in the middle of nowhere. The two Greenlanders (a mother and son) in the dingy waved us over to show us all the salmon and cod they had caught. Then they refused to let us leave, before giving us half of their fishy riches. The mother told us "if you had a giant apple tree in your garden, wouldn't you share the apples with all your townsfolk".

I fucking love Greenland and their people.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Tolerance Paradox.

Part of being truly nice is being not nice to people who are not nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That sounds more like enabling than being nice. It can be nice to be honest and confront someone when they are being an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You seem to have misread the comment you're replying to. It has two "not"s in it, and you missed one of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Totally did, you're a champ for the correction. Thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

Yep. As Bob Dylan eloquently said "don't have nothing at all except hatred"

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago

That is so embarrassing and good on the people of Greenland for not wanting to be part of that.

[–] [email protected] 109 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I’m curious what India thinks of Usha Vance. On paper, she’s an Indian-American Second Lady. In reality, she sits back while her husband says he’s okay with all kinds of anti-Indian racist shit.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 days ago

Ever hear of the caste system? That anti-Indian racism is built in and I guarantee that there’s a higher % that approves than you think

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 days ago (6 children)

JD is gay right? Maybe she's just living in denial ... Regardless, I feel bad for her that she gets humiliated all the time. Maybe she deserves it for some Faustian deal. I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Gay?! He wishes! If he were gay, there'd be no problem! No, what he has is a romantic abnormality. One so unbelievable that it must be hidden from the public at all cost.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Imagine just hanging with the boys all the time. Having sleep overs. Skinny dipping in the pool. Having a hot shower together. Sharing eye liner tips. Talking about how much gays suck. Who needs girls, right? Yuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

You might even say he's extra manly; so manly he wants to spend all his time with men and as little time as possible with women.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

He isn't gay. Wanting to fuck couches is totally hetero.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

Feel bad for their children, not the Yale educated lawyer who chose to marry him.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Fuck no. Do not feel bad. If we know about what a flagrant piece of shit he is, she absolutely has to know. Never go that route. She knows and she's hoping he comes out on top to ride the hateful wave.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I wouldn't say JD "couch fucker" Vance is gay but hes certainly not straight

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

He has to be

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm in another country and not speaking about Indians in particular, but my family have been immigrants. One thing I observed is that immigrants tend to have a stronger anti-immigration stance than other demographics.

I think it's one part shame. You worked hard and now you feel superior to the "fresh off the boat" person you once were and (by extension) to all those new immigrants.

One part it's that inside, we all have these shitty feelings toward other people but, as immigrants ourselves, we feel legitimised to express them openly because hey, that can't be racist if you're talking of your own ethnicity, right?

And then of course,in many places immigrants tend to be pigeonholed into specific types of jobs, so more immigrants not from your family = more competition. But that is not for the Usha Vance types who made it close to the top.

I see that dynamic being actively exploited for politics everywhere. The lesbian leader of the neonazi AfD in Germany, for instance. "I can't be racist, I have an Indian wife" is just not true. You can and the Indian wife can be too.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

the government of india does a lot of racist anti indian stuff too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Eh, it’s over a billion people. Most people (who don’t live in cities) don’t know about Trump other than the fact that he’s the president. Even those who have internet aren’t going to see US news cuz their feeds aren’t curated for that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Most people like trump, because "strong man". No one really even knows who JD vance or Usha are. But I guess they'd like her, they like rishi sunak. Being rich is seen as a virtue. There's also a weird obsession with seeing indians in powerful positions, some sort repressed complex.

She's fine with the racism because "she's one of the good ones". She and vance are neoliberalists, opportunists. Watch them try and make as much money as they can before they get kicked out.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No one invited them into their home so they cancelled their visit and couldn't go? Are they fucking vampires that need to be invited over a threshold? That's hilarious, excellent job Greenland.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

If the whole point of the trip was to get propaganda footage showing how much Greenlanders love and welcome the US and trump administration, the trip would be a waste of time without it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Of course they are fucking vampires. Also each other, possibly.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago

Greenland good on you. Send the Nazis packing.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

they hadn't had time to sufficiently scotchguard their couches yet

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

“He gonna fuck what?”

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 days ago

Oh no, the locals don't want to host the people who are trying to destroy their sovereignty and make them a vassal state because a dementia case wants to copy his idol Putin and do a territorial expansion. How dare they complain, I guess?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago

Wow.

I wish we could find people in our government half as committed to a living wage as they are to the Vances' PR.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If they came to my door they'd be greeted by an air horn in the face. The "no soliciting" sign applies to everyone.

Unless you're one of my neighbours. They're cool. No need to make them deaf lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Better yet, have an agreement with the neighbours that, if one horn goes off, all of them go off. Best way to get rid of pesky salesmen, Mormons and vice presidents.

Edit: spelling

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can’t help thinking if we all allow one nation to be taken over by a superpower because they want it, how long before it becomes normalised

Every small nation needs to be considered

I personally think it is for minerals not security The western World was supposed to be past this taking what you want because your bigger

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You're right, and this is why Russia cannot be allowed to win in Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago

Plastic couch covers aren’t popular in Greenland.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

Damn. That's some heavy "please clap!" vibes right there!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

I would say yee and when that asshole would show up, I would open the door, throw shit in his face and close the door. His secret service would get me, I know. But the idea of this is wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Two know, one's surprise.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How many said that they would like to punch him in the mouth?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Rabbi, is there a blessing for the Tsar?"

"A blessing for the Tsar? Of course! May God bless and keep the Tsar... Far away from us."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I would have called the cops.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Was listening to some YouTube video today and he described the scene as having military dudes behind him or something instead.