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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by yipopov on Friday January 05, 2018 @08:39AM (#16078438)
Yes, this story definitely has a certain WE WUZ feel to it.
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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by FroshKiller on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:13AM (#16078645)
Why don't you explain what you mean by that?
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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by weirdwitch on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:12AM (#16079446)
Can you explain what this means?
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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by inteleng on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:49PM (#16080165)
He's referring to the "WE WUZ KANGZ" meme, in that he sees the research as not believable.
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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by weirdwitch on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:56PM (#16080219)
Sorry there may be a cultural gap here. I'm not familiar with that phrase at all.
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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by anigbrowl on Friday January 05, 2018 @02:55PM (#16081137)
It's a racist trope in which a questionable/exaggerated historical claim is conflated with any suggestion of knowledge/innovation originating outside a eurocentric historical paradigm.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-wuz-kings

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