Politics
Politics
Out of context: Reply #27974
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- “The worst thing Britain ever did was letting go of our colony and thinking Americans were capable of governing themselves without eventually resorting back...PonyBoy
- ...to tribal politics,” said Martin Rhodes, a shopkeeper in London.PonyBoy
- lol... A. Britain 'let go' of nothing—they lost an uprising. B. 'Tribal' politics? You lost a war to your' own people'—what 'tribal' BS are you going on about?PonyBoy
- That little bit of the article through me for a loop... I wonder if the 'shopkeeper' forgot his nation used to rape the fucking planet for years w/colonization.PonyBoy
- The quotes are made up, it says that right at the beginning. Read it again, maybe?********
- yeah—lol—caught that right before you pointed it out... somehow I skipped the italics at the beginning... ... ignore me (nobody would say something that stupid)PonyBoy
- seemed like a pretty standard news article to me, what's the big brouhaha??robotron3k
- It shows bias in reporting, probably not so much an American issue as a "domestic vs international" reporting bias.********
- For the majority of people (in any country) the national news media is the only source of information about what's happening in the world and around them.********
- ^I get my international news from qbn...
... i'm fuckedPonyBoy - And you don't even read the italics!********
- haha!PonyBoy
- lol at ponys responseinteliboy
- Pony. Pony. Calm down. It's a satirical article.Continuity
- derpmonospaced
- I missed the italics!! I'm... "italic blind". It's a 'thing' you assholes! Look it up! //
"Trigger"... it's a good name for a pony / horse. :)PonyBoy