▲ 1473 ▼ IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white pride (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 384 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm considering this from the perspective of taxonomy. Race is basically a synonym for "subspecies" which is pretty fucked up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yeah iirc that's also why human races aren't really a thing in french. Although we do use that word for animals' breeds (which are just subspecies iirc) but I guess that's just because it wouldn't really be french if there were no weird exceptions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) At least the French got that going for them. Hurry up and overthrow your government already, everyone is waiting for one of your classic revolutions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago yea yea yea we're waiting till the very last moment so it can look all theatrical and fabulous permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah unfortunately our government has been pretty much continuously giving absurd levels of power to the police and they're paving the way for the fascists to win the next elections so it's not looking too good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yeah iirc that's also why human races aren't really a thing in french. Although we do use that word for animals' breeds (which are just subspecies iirc) but I guess that's just because it wouldn't really be french if there were no weird exceptions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) At least the French got that going for them. Hurry up and overthrow your government already, everyone is waiting for one of your classic revolutions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago yea yea yea we're waiting till the very last moment so it can look all theatrical and fabulous permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah unfortunately our government has been pretty much continuously giving absurd levels of power to the police and they're paving the way for the fascists to win the next elections so it's not looking too good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) At least the French got that going for them. Hurry up and overthrow your government already, everyone is waiting for one of your classic revolutions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago yea yea yea we're waiting till the very last moment so it can look all theatrical and fabulous permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah unfortunately our government has been pretty much continuously giving absurd levels of power to the police and they're paving the way for the fascists to win the next elections so it's not looking too good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago yea yea yea we're waiting till the very last moment so it can look all theatrical and fabulous permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah unfortunately our government has been pretty much continuously giving absurd levels of power to the police and they're paving the way for the fascists to win the next elections so it's not looking too good permalink fedilink source parent