throwawaymanbot

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If I had the word handbag in my user handle would that mean I was a handbag?

YALE/HARVARD/CAMEBRIDGE (I didnt go to there, but wanted to point out that items in peoples Bios cannot/nor should be trusted)

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Comment · 1 year ago
It’s DEI hiring to hire people who were hired to speak their own fairly unstudied Native American language?

It’s clear (and this is yet another case) that this whole DEI non issue is a fabricated propaganda dog whistle to certain people.

This will go down in American history for all the dreadful reasons it deserves. Absolutely dark and disgusting times America has entered.

Comment · 1 year ago
Sounds like you are trying to explain away over a million deaths as if it was happening everywhere in Europe and not primarily the British fault.

Fact: in 1847, nearly 4,000 vessels carried food from Ireland to British ports while hundreds of thousands of Irish people died of starvation and related diseases. There was PLENTY of food in Ireland.

FACT: The government refused to intervene in the market to prevent food exports, even as the Irish population faced severe food shortages. Why?

While crop failures were happening across Europe, the impact in Ireland was particularly devastating because of the population's heavy reliance on potatoes. The suggestion that food was only unaffordable for the poor overlooks the fact that the potato blight left many people without any access to their primary food source. WHY was it the only source of food in an abundant growing environment??

Fact: Wages paid on “work programs” for those (un)lucky enough to get on them were too low to purchase food at inflated "famine" prices, leading to widespread starvation.

The export of food from Ireland during this period was a significant factor in the suffering of the Irish people, and it is important to acknowledge the role of British economic policies and the prioritization of profits over humanitarian needs which seems to be a struggle for you.

Comment · 1 year ago
Famine? Only one crop failed. Ireland was a net exporter of food to the UK..

There’s another word for this, not a famine…

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