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[–] EvergreenGuru 68 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Two things people forget:

  1. Spanish people were the first Europeans to colonize the Americas, setting the precedent for the violence and discrimination which has continued for the last 500 years.
  2. The longest lasting Fascist country in Europe was Spain, which was fascist from 1939-1975.
[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Portugal's fascist regime lasted from 1933 to 1974. It was 5 years longer than Spain's.

[–] TheBat 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yea but tbf no one remembers Portugal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Portuguese are just confused Spaniards in the same way that Belgians are confused Frenchies.

[–] TheBat 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought Belgians are confused Germans?

[–] samus12345 4 points 10 months ago

No, those are Austrians.

[–] mmcintyre 5 points 10 months ago

I bet the 1975 Spaniards remembered the 1974 Portuguese. But also, when I told a neighbor I was honeymooning in Portugal I was asked "Where is that? Is it part of Spain?" So yeah, it's a lot of folks out there who don't remember Portugal.