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There is no quiet part any more. The racism is loud and clear. Quotes from the "comedian" speaker before Trump at his Madison Square Garden Rally (lemmy.ml)

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[–] isles 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, it was really great that the US destroyed the Kingdom of Hawai'i. Nice.

[–] Aeao 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm familiar with the history of Hawaii and how we subjugated the island. I'm familiar with how we forced the queen into resignation to further business interests.

But let's not bullshit each other here. If someone says "I hate Hawaii" they aren't making a statement of colonialism. They just don't like Hawaii.

Right or wrong, Hawaii isn't a homogeneous population in so much much that saying "I hate Hawaii" can be assumed to be a commentary on a specific peoples.