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[–] 25 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Some people's eyes think "in news" means politics.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    In news for what? He didn't win a song contest. The only reason anyone recognizes him is because he briefly became the face of class warfare. You know, completely apolitical stuff

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    It's an American guy who is being tried in America for killing an American health insurance ceo, which is a problem particularly in America

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (4 children)

    And as we all know, things that happen in America stay in America. There's never any blowback for the rest of the world.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    Are we seriously arguing if American politics count as American politics or world politics??

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    Is this bait? Am I being had here? Is this going in a screenshot?

    Just in case you're serious, I'm not the person who complained about politics being present. I'm just baffled that they were getting piled on because people either think or pretend to think that Luigi isn't a political figure from the US.

    It is an insane statement to say excluding US events feeds into hyper nationalism. The domestic news cycle of the US has no effect on the lives of most people in the world. This has nothing to do with nationalism, it's just geography. And Americans aren't some oppressed minority that need media exposure. Not to forget that this is a meme about something everyone already heard about, not a news story about a new thing. Being reminded of US politics in random memes simply has no benefit to anyone.

    It's fine if you like seeing memes featuring US politics though. You can argue that. You don't have to launder an opinion into an objective fact to do so.

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