jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIdaho state senator tells Native American candidate to “go back where you came from”www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down12
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkIdaho state senator tells Native American candidate to “go back where you came from”www.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down39·3 months agoWhich state someone is from isn’t what people care about.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 months agoIt isn’t, but to be fair, it absolutely does add an additional layer of irony that they weren’t even born there.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·3 months ago“where you come from doesn’t matter” says someguy3 in defense of a racist colonist telling someone to go back where they came from while actively living on their land.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThe point is the hypocrisy. Telling someone to go back where they came from in a place where you aren’t from either is hypocritical as fuck.
Which state someone is from isn’t what people care about.
It isn’t, but to be fair, it absolutely does add an additional layer of irony that they weren’t even born there.
“where you come from doesn’t matter” says someguy3 in defense of a racist colonist telling someone to go back where they came from while actively living on their land.
The point is the hypocrisy. Telling someone to go back where they came from in a place where you aren’t from either is hypocritical as fuck.