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« on: October 21, 2016, 08:10:40 PM »
Quote from: Snowguy716 on October 19, 2016, 02:27:50 PM
Well we know things are bad when the Germans and Italians come together to elect a "strong" leader.
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2016, 08:12:58 PM »
Racism only applies to humans
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 08:14:54 PM »
I'm Italian and fairly ill-disposed towards Snowguy, yet I'm not offended by this.
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 08:22:17 PM »
Although it's worth noting that Mussolini was never "elected" to power (even in the faint parliamentary sense in which Hitler was "elected"). The fascists in alliance with other right-leaning parties only won 19% in the last free Italian elections in 1921. Then Mussolini staged a quasi-coup and bullied the King into appointing him. Only after he had all but concentrated political power, he organized sham "elections" that the PNF won easily.

Just sayin'. Wink
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2016, 03:53:09 AM »
It is a lame joke, but not racist. (sane)
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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2016, 07:54:55 AM »
Quote from: Jante's Law Revivalist on October 21, 2016, 08:22:17 PM
Although it's worth noting that Mussolini was never "elected" to power (even in the faint parliamentary sense in which Hitler was "elected").

Hitler certainly did not come to power via parliamentary election. Parliamentary government was suspended in 1930 and he was effectively (at least at the beginning) a presidential chancellor, just like Bruning and von Papen.
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2016, 09:21:01 AM »
Quote from: Santander on October 22, 2016, 03:53:09 AM
It is a lame joke, but not racist. (sane)
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2016, 10:27:00 AM »
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2016, 10:30:31 AM »
Please note: If this comment was serious.
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« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2016, 02:12:12 PM »
It probably wasn't but maybe if it was serious, it would dog whistly like how people like to say all organized labor has organized crime ties. I can say these things because I am half Italian and half Anglo-Saxon. Now you must ask yourself which part of this is serious.
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« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2016, 02:13:59 PM »
Not racist, just factual.
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« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2016, 02:41:50 PM »
Hey, I hate people named Matteo Renzi and François Hollande as much as every patriotic American, but implying they are dictators is a bit much.
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« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2016, 02:51:31 PM »
Quote from: Representative Kingpoleon on October 22, 2016, 02:41:50 PM
Hey, I hate people named Matteo Renzi and François Hollande as much as every patriotic American, but implying they are dictators is a bit much.

François Hollande is German? Huh
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« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2016, 02:58:18 PM »
Quote from: Jante's Law Revivalist on October 22, 2016, 02:51:31 PM
Quote from: Representative Kingpoleon on October 22, 2016, 02:41:50 PM
Hey, I hate people named Matteo Renzi and François Hollande as much as every patriotic American, but implying they are dictators is a bit much.

François Hollande is German? Huh

Angela Merkel doesn't sound very foreign. While Schroder would have been a better example, he's less known. Therefore, for a sarcastic race baiting post, Hollande makes the most sense.
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« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2016, 03:00:22 PM »
Quote from: Representative Kingpoleon on October 22, 2016, 02:58:18 PM
Quote from: Jante's Law Revivalist on October 22, 2016, 02:51:31 PM
Quote from: Representative Kingpoleon on October 22, 2016, 02:41:50 PM
Hey, I hate people named Matteo Renzi and François Hollande as much as every patriotic American, but implying they are dictators is a bit much.

François Hollande is German? Huh

Angela Merkel doesn't sound very foreign.

Well that's because so many Americans have German ancestry. Tongue
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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2016, 03:31:15 PM »
It's not a good comment, because it could easily be construed that way,  but otherwise I think the intention was harmless.
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