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larnax · 6 months ago

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1: a water-filter screenshot of a bumper sticker with the USA flag behind a possum reading "True patriots brake for America's only native marsupial"

2: tags reading "#some usamerican leftists want to be chauvinistic but can't do it normally because of optics #So instead they do this weird obsession over nature like Appalachia or possums or redwood trees #or mt rainier or cascadia or whatever else #they do this with the imperial system sometimes as well though not as often #the less conscious ones also take up fucking institutions like usps or the national parks or amtrak #and it's not being playful or a simple enjoyment of things of your (very fucked up) country #they make them into symbols and rallying cry #usamerican anarchists love to use a possum for their artwork for example #and yeah i guess it's neat that it's america's only marsupial #but by bringing these things into your political aesthetic you just come off as weirdly chauvinistic over random things #and yes it's different from other countries #especially non-imperial core ones #because the character of your nationalism #even the cutesy half-joking type #rests on the overt shoulders of actual "overt" chauvinism"

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north american possum voted most chauvinistic mammal.

#i had a kneejerk reaction to this but on third pass it's right #&the kneejerk reaction was just being usam bc i dont personally base any meaningful part of my political identity around usam wildlife #telling that this chauvinism wasnt actually that much of a joke bc if it reeeeeally was i wouldve just immediately understood op's point #there r nuances with indigenous movements which the posters are obviously aware of since hawai'i and guam are specifically mentioned.#interesting that ppl can understand that edgy humor is still offensive when its about issues that personally affect them like transphobia #but the same understanding disappears when its something they can abstract away #also annoying that the original addition specifically says that its fine to think possums are cool #its specifically joking chauvinism where possums are used as a political tool bc theyre American Wildlife thats chauvinist #but now ppl r acting like youre gonna get shot for liking quails #thereby bringing that situation about by annoying the shit out of anyone who previously held the softer position

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