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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 72 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Crazy to think this was as late as 1957. Now that the US has one of those harassing kids behind the wheel, you should be back in the '50s within a couple of years, yeah?

[–] lipilee@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

nah, I don't think you're correct. I think it won't take more than a couple of months.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And this is what they believe made America great

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

And they are making it great again!

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

All those mother fuckers behind her are enthusiastic fascists now.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only one boy in that horrible photograph did ask Dorothy for forgiveness. They became good friends. He died in 2010.

Shame it seems hate fueled mfs live forever.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good for that guy. I don’t really fault kids like that for terrible beliefs. But I do fault them as they age and fail to reconsider the shitty things their community taught them.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 5 points 6 months ago

I hear you. I did not reply as a fwiw to redeem this shit, as it does not bring any redemption on how awful she must have felt on that moment and afterwards. It is more a snide on how many racist mfs are out there getting older than they should. Not only in the US, but my home country is riddled with these fokkers today.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

this photo always makes me so sad... make sure to show it to all your white friends.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm so impressed by the strength of character she has to go up against the world like this.. A 15 year old girl? What a remarkable person.

I don't find the picture sad, on the contrary, it's goddamn inspiring!

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Those people are our grandparents.

Just think about how many of your sweet doting grandparents were in situations just like this that weren't photographed.

How many of our grandparents strung the rope for the lynch mob?

How many of our grandparents were hurling racial slurs at the tops of their lungs?

All those anti DEI conservatives probably mad they’re being remembered as racists

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Patrioric Americans makin' sure everbuddy gits Freedum!!

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

"These black people are a nuisance, and they're everywhere."
But YOU brought them here! Against their will. At gunpoint.
"I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that. gOd bLeSS aMeRiCa MaKe GrAtE aGin... oR sUmPTiN' LiKe ThAt."

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

that kid behind and to her right is having some feelings for the first time ever.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

The kid that looks the Barack Obama?

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

Did they really need to change their family name to Counts just to prove she belonged in school, though?

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Seems like every time white people get a chance to show their inferiority and inferiority complexes, they jump headfirst into it.
These are the people who used to vote Democrat, then when the Equal Rights Act was passed, they flocked towards the republican party.

This is what reagan leaned on when kickstarting his 1980 presidential campaign, deep in the south, political fanfare with a dog whistle, the following exact words: "Make America great again."