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Old 02-18-2020, 02:38 PM   #20621 (permalink)
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I don't think Trump was involved if it happened, he's too chatty.

The bat thing is an appeal to xenophobic prejudices.

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Old 02-18-2020, 02:52 PM   #20622 (permalink)
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The "bat thing" is being reported by all kinds of non-Russian news sources though, including Vox and the NYT.
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Old 02-18-2020, 02:56 PM   #20623 (permalink)
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That doesn't mean anything.
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Old 02-18-2020, 02:57 PM   #20624 (permalink)
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Why you gotta bring Vox into this?
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The bat thing is an appeal to xenophobic prejudices.
I don't get the connection.
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Old 02-18-2020, 03:04 PM   #20626 (permalink)
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I don't think Trump was involved if it happened, he's too chatty.

The bat thing is an appeal to xenophobic prejudices.



There's a first time for everything.
they eat dogs bruh!
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Old 02-18-2020, 03:06 PM   #20627 (permalink)
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those chinese folk sure do eat the kruh-raziest things
Do you have a hard time believing they might eat bats in China?
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Old 02-18-2020, 03:07 PM   #20628 (permalink)
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I once read a firsthand account of a starving girl and her family eating a rotting chicken fished out from a sewer in China.

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they eat dogs bruh!
Ngl I'd try it. Gotta be like a basset hound with a lotta good tender meat though.
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Old 02-18-2020, 03:15 PM   #20630 (permalink)
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those chinese folk sure do eat the kruh-raziest things
I mean it's more like Westerners are oddly restrictive in the meats they're willing to consume but fundamentally true.
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