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Re:Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due t... by C1sc0cat on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:04PM (#24629481)
I didn't say that :-)

I was commenting on the use of nativism by a politician whose grandfather was an immigrant.

Though over time some groups formerly seen as undesirables become honoury whites Irish German Catholics etc.

It wasn't that long ago that having a catholic president Kennedy was seen as problematic

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Re:Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due t... by fetbaffe on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:18PM (#24629697)
Sure, but how is it ironic? That is what I'm trying to figure out.
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Re:Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due t... by C1sc0cat on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:52AM (#24636788)
irony "a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result."
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