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• PlaidBaron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  He said other countries. Not Europe. Dont be obtuse.

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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Must be convenient to lose all knowledge of what the entire thread is about to debate-lawyer.

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    • PlaidBaron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Youre being deliberately obtuse. I know it. You know it.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Me when I pretend I can’t see the meme directly at the top of the page because someone said “other countries”: 🤡

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• Fishy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I said other countries above, but obviously there are different levels. Europe isn’t at that stage in yet (but you could argue the current situation in Europe doesn’t warrant such extreme protests yet). But some of the protesters in, for example, Georgia (the country), are probably on that level and with good reason

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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Could be relevant if anyone had been talking about Georgia or it was in the meme. The only non-Western European country in there is Serbia, and it’s not Eastern European, it’s Southeastern European along with Greece et al.

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    • Fishy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Deleted my previous comment about 3 min after posting, wrote too quickly and missed point. Take 2.

      Mate, this doesn’t show just Western Europe + Serbia. Albania is there too. I’m sorry that this memetic content does not satisfy certain implicit criteria you seem to have about generalising to the certain regions of Europe—ie those which have been protesting more than the last few weeks. And given all that, I have no idea what your point is. Protests that have had significant impact on people’s daily lives through protesting are not just during the Arabic spring but there are modern examples in Europe.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Albania and Serbia are in the same region (and I didn’t decide that, the ‘Permanent Committee on Geographical Names - Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen (StAGN)’ did), should have added that in my original comment but got distracted by my bus stop coming up.

        My point is that sneering at Americans for not doing sufficient protest while tailcoat riding the Arab Spring protests as a European is hypocritical.

        People are getting killed and maimed in the US for protesting, acting like everyone is sitting home twiddling their thumbs is just chugging the media narrative you’re fed.

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