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dameatball

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12. Okay, get ready. I actually had a discussion about racism today in which I told someone that Japan

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2018, 09:21 PM

Jul 2018

for centuries had regarded westerners as more or less heathens. In other words, racism can exist in any society. He somehow managed to twist that into a reason why FDR had allowed them to attack Pearl Harbor. I asked him if he had ever heard of Admiral Perry. No response. We are banging our heads against a wall here folks.

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Luckovich-Japan is meddling in our Harbor [View all] Gothmog Jul 2018 OP

LOL! What is the opposite of hyperbole? smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #1

Understatement grantcart Jul 2018 #4

That's it! I couldn't quite think of the word. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #7

... FailureToCommunicate Jul 2018 #8

K&R brer cat Jul 2018 #2

He's the best malaise Jul 2018 #3

A rumor about this happening in the early 40s, but Trump said it didn't happen..so, maybe it did. Stuart G Jul 2018 #5

To the point, exactly! ffr Jul 2018 #6

If DT was potus in 1941- "Maybe it was Japan, could be other people...." DesertRat Jul 2018 #9

Mmm. Yes. There's a lot of people out there. Old Crow Jul 2018 #11

No, the dump would agree it was those funny-eyed people. Not like the northern European pute. erronis Jul 2018 #19

I don't see why it would be Japan. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #10

Okay, get ready. I actually had a discussion about racism today in which I told someone that Japan dameatball Jul 2018 #12

"Revere the Emperor; repel the foreigner" was a popular slogan for a couple of centuries... Hekate Jul 2018 #17

Really interesting bdjhawk Jul 2018 #18

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #13

K&R! He is always spot on! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #14

They no doubt had Reality BASED Cha Jul 2018 #15

Perfect Hekate Jul 2018 #16

If Trump had been POTUS* in 1941 FakeNoose Jul 2018 #20