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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

They also revere Columbus, and call white Christians “real Americans.”

Mexicans are real Americans. White people in America are immigrants.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

And, the first settlers moved here because they were such religious extremists that no one wanted them around.

[–] hraegsvelmir@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, always worth bearing in mind that the original pilgrims were such insufferably uptight Protestants, the English said, "Come on, fuck off then, you lot are miserable to have around," in the decades leading up to Parliament starting to pass laws banning Christmas in 1644, and Oliver Cromwell taking over rule of the country a decade later. Really says something about them.

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