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minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down12·edit-27 months agoThere are racist reasons and there are what I would consider to be illegitimate, but also perfectly non-racist, reasons someone might be upset. Replace the national anthem with fucking Alanis Morissette or literally anything else and people are going to be outraged. E: no you guys are right, I don’t know what I was thinking, everything bad is the fault of racism. I repent of my sins.
minus-squareDeepGradientAscent@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months ago I repent of my sins. You should probably just eat your lunch, Helen. That’d be enough.
There are racist reasons and there are what I would consider to be illegitimate, but also perfectly non-racist, reasons someone might be upset.
Replace the national anthem with fucking Alanis Morissette or literally anything else and people are going to be outraged.
E: no you guys are right, I don’t know what I was thinking, everything bad is the fault of racism. I repent of my sins.
You should probably just eat your lunch, Helen. That’d be enough.