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		C1sc0cat on Sept 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in Indi... 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

fetbaffe on Sept 29, 2020 [–]

Sure, but how is it ironic? That is what I'm trying to figure out.

C1sc0cat on Sept 30, 2020 | [–]

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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