• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I was an adult on 9/11. I am an American. I watched the second plane hit live on TV.

    Bush being told that it happened and sitting there like the moron he is for a long time before excusing himself is not part of the tragedy. It is absolutely something to be mocked. And this is funny.

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      11 months ago

      I was orphaned on that day. It’s not funny for me. But I think it’s okay it’s funny to you. But I think if our positions were reversed you wouldn’t find it quite so funny.

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        11 months ago

        If you have sensitives, you should work through them on your own or in counseling. Maybe you’re not ready to view memes/jokes like this one, it’s okay to keep scrolling without sharing your personal trauma. I appreciate your perspective but it is very unique.

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          11 months ago

          Are you ready to view one in which the body of Mathew Shepard is shown dangling from the fence with the words: me at the end of a very hard week

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            11 months ago

            If the majority of people would react a certain way, that’s the social norm. Your personal reaction to seeing Bush’s face on 9/11, after 22 years, is just not the norm, nor anyone else’s responsibility. This is not a graphic image, and it was not addressed to you specifically.

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              11 months ago

              So… the majority of people in the South of the USA are racists, fascists, Magaheads. Should we consider that the Norm?

              No?

              So we cannot use the tiny sample of Lemmings as a norm. Just saying.

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                11 months ago

                Norms aren’t right/wrong. You are on lemmy viewing this image, that’s your population. And that’s what you should be considering when offering your perspective.

                You’re being so heavily downvoted because people here don’t agree with you. Not that anyone is right/wrong.

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        11 months ago

        Did you read what I wrote? Because I don’t think you did. The only reason I can think of that you would find mocking George W. Bush on 9/11 offensive is if you voted for him. And if you did, I think we can disregard what you have to say.

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          I hated him with a passion every single day throughout his entire tenure. Hanging Chad’s?? I opposed the opportunistic invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq so hard I was literally photographed by newspapers.

          Smug, self-righteous, and wrong in every way — you have a litmus test for humanity that smells like the mutual admiration society.

          I have literally been pepper sprayed my cops at protests against fascism since then.

          How dare you.

          Honestly, stranger in the internet, you have zero fucking idea.

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            Hey, it’s not my fault you are castigating people for mocking George W. Bush. That’s what you’re doing and that’s how I dare.

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              11 months ago

              It’s a meme because it’s an iconic moment.

              It’s not a person. That’s the whole point of memes.

              Sorry to school you in this, but one again, you are wrong.

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                I’m pretty sure George W. Bush is, in fact, a person. And yes, it was an iconic moment. An iconic moment of George W. Bush acting like an idiot and an asshole. Why you think he deserves to be protected from being mocked I don’t know.

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                  11 months ago

                  Double down all you like. It’s the moment. Enjoy being wrong, brittle, little, sis, white male.

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                    11 months ago

                    Please explain what is offensive about mocking George W. Bush on 9/11. Why does that hurt you? All you can say is 9/11 made you an orphan. That sucks, but it doesn’t explain why you find mocking George W. Bush on 9/11 when he did something extremely stupid and unhelpful is offensive to you. What he did (or rather didn’t do) is the thing that should be offensive to you.