this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2025
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Indigenous Peoples Day. Fuck Christopher Columbus and fuck you Trump.
If you like this comment then I'm assuming you dislike the way the White House is attempting to frame history. If so then why aren't you also upvoting the post that would increase awareness of these actions?
As a note, I'm surprised so many of the replies are angry screaming about Columbus instead how official government communication is using such charged, and politically biased language.
I'm assuming it's because the post is neutral quotes not blind hate and instead of up voting for visibility you're upvoting positions you agree with and can't tell the political position of the post or are scared someone else might see an upvote as being aligned with the administrations actions, but let me know if I'm wrong
And if I'm right, isn't that just reinforcing most of the behaviour that makes social media, and their influence in politics so problematic. ie. amplified emotions, limited references to sources, and mobs. And aren't those problems / amplifications part of how the US is in its current situation so by taking actions like upvoting the angry reply but not the informative original post helping to consolidate those mechanisms?