TIL that after an Egyptian man witnessed US lawncare practices and heard the song "Baby it's Cold Outside" he became so incensed with American culture he went home and invented Salafi jihadism (qz.com)

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Completely understandable how those things could drive a person over the edge tbh

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[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 47 points 11 months ago

Back in 1950, the Egyptian author and religious theorist Sayyid Qutb spent two years as an exchange student at a teacher’s college in Greeley, Colorado.

I've been saying this for years: Greely and its consequences have been disastrous for the human race.

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