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Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme
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They're just retvrning to late 1700s racial science. Benjamin Franklin considered the Swedes "swarthy"
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Yes I know this kid was Norwegian but you can't convince me there's a meaningful difference
Lmfao maybe I've misunderstood the term "swarthy" but thats the last word I'd use to describe Scandinavians
The full paragraph for your consideration:
Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. / Benjamin Franklin / 1751
Ah so he was only anti-slavery because he was incredibly racist, how am I surprised
horseshoe theory
Also known as the Oregon Rule in this context
Ben Franklin became an abolitionist after he inherited a few slaves. IIRC he got three house slaves from his aunt or something, but then realized they were people, which left him shook.
"Wait, what do you mean they can talk, have thoughts and emotions, and I have to abuse them to make them obedient? I thought they were like roombas or something!"
--Ben Franklin, 2076 (probably)
While also fetishising native Americans, I guess
I dunno, earlier he described native Americans as "tawny"
and wants to "exclude" (read: genocide) them from the continent/hemisphere.
My guess is Red refers to gammon-americans
Ham sandwich
i think that by red here he means sunburned people lol, my guess is that he thought non-brit euros tan too easily to be considered Truly White?
my fav franklin quote
"think of how we look to martians and venusians"
holy fuckin shit
Swedes put a cock and balls at the ends of prices in grocery stores
Norwegian meatballs are better than Swedish ones
But how do they compare against Finnish meatballs (I assume our meatballs are mostly the same as in Sweden)
I was supposed to have one at the conclusion of a meal recently, but I could never get from start to Finnish.