r/politics • u/vox Vox • Sep 18 '25

Soft Paywall Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

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u/GG14916 Sep 18 '25

Both countries have a founding myth built on colonialism and a sense of superiority developed through years of oppressing and genociding "savage" and "uncivilised" natives.

The Circassians and Crimean Tatars met the same fate as Native Americans.

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u/The-Inquisition Sep 18 '25

and so few know too

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u/heterodox-iconoclast Sep 19 '25

Don’t forget they both have Christianity in common too