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Jerry spent close to 13 years in a shelter. We rescued him two years ago. He past away yesterday. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by notsosure@sh.itjust.works to c/aww@lemmy.world

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[–] djdarren@piefed.social 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm aware of that context, but, y'know, it's a post about a sweet dog, so I don't think anyone is going to take the view that I'm some kind of Nazi.

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[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago

lol, and given you literally used the word hugs it was pretty obvious. Can we stop giving bigots ownership of fun things.

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[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I didn’t think you were being judgy or critical - just giving a heads up on a controversial inference that could be made from that syntax. I certainly had no idea of the connotation.