I wonder what chain of thought led you to this conclusion, which is very strange to me. But at the same time, I’m not willing to start some kind of futile quarell over this so… well, have it your way and have a good day.

I mean America is a fascist regime. And you know who support fascism? Fascists. So I guess most fascists are kinda OK with what’s happening.

That’s not denial, that’s full endorsement.

Ah yes the spin

I suppose that’s the best way indeed. But I thought it wouldn’t hurt, in cases where no one could be found, for people who are slowly burning out to know that others may be available for helping, even for a small time, while they recover !

Rhythm and flavor, brother/sister. Give the author a break.

And here I was thinking : “Hey, clever me just noticed it looked like the saddam hussein meme. I’ll go to the comment section make that joke. It will be hilarious.”

The comment section :

I EARNED it through hard… wait…

Donated what I could on a hard month (something something insurance company something something half of my salary), but with heart. If the fundraiser persist, I’ll be glad to donate more next month!

Err, yeah, I get the meme and it’s quite true in its own way…

BUT… This research team REALLY need an ethics committee. A heavy handed one.

Although if I really have to choose, it’ll be 2, but I’ll silently complain he whole time

The present is now, old fella

This, my friend, is a very nice duck

I think, if it was a random XIXth personality, I’d have thought “well yes, typical XIXth century dude”.

But Hugo… I’ve been taught so much about Hugo being a national treasure that the trip back to reality was brutal.

Oh, not them. I suppose they meant among non-right wingers. I always found quite explicit they aren’t welcome here. Not today, not ever.

I tried to find a translated version but didn’t found one. Being told how great a humanist Hugo was, I was genuinely angry no one told me until univ about his views on colonization and racism.

It’s not the average XIXth century politician vaguely colonial and racist prejudices. He’s one of the main advocates of colonialism, even among his peers.

You can try to translate his Discourse on Africa to get an idea of where he stands. Here’s a mtl excerpt :

"What a land this Africa is! Asia has its history, America has its history, Australia itself has its history; Africa has no history; a sort of vast and obscure legend envelops it. […]

Already, the two colonizing peoples, who are two great free peoples, France and England, have seized Africa; France holds it by the west and the north; England holds it by the east and the south. Now Italy accepts its share of this colossal task. America joins its efforts to ours; for the unity of peoples is revealed in everything. Africa matters to the universe. [I] limit myself, and this will be my last word, to noting this detail, which is only a detail, but which is immense: in the nineteenth century, the white man made a man of the black man; in the twentieth century, Europe will make a world of Africa. […]   Come on, Peoples! Seize this land. Take it. From whom? From no one. "

PSA : Victor Hugo was a huge PoS. And it saddens me because boy do I use to love his writings.

Well yes, sadly, we can’t embrace a cosmic perspective, because it’s not ours. We can have a human perspective though.

What the…am I reading? Lemmy truly is a beautiful place.

I think you’re too extreme. We need to be reasonable if we’re to be taken seriously. 17 for religious educated is better suited.