• archomrade [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Imagine seeing a brutal depiction of genocidal imperialism in media and referring to it as ‘assholish’

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      8 months ago

      Being “just a cartoon” I never thought of the dimension of it, but they literally wiped out an entire nation. Suddenly, comparing the fire nation to any current superpower seems wrong.

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        8 months ago

        ?? The US famously wiped out the native population within its borders. I’m not sure what history you were taught but genocide is a very common topic.