It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
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@elCelio please don't forget that 85,000 Danish resistance fighters fought the Nazis for 5 long years.
@randahl @elCelio tbf i think most Danes are ashamed of that particular part of ww2, the shortness of the fight. But when that's said, please consider: we managed to save 95% of the Danish Jews from the Holocaust, and as Randahl stated: just because our politicians waved the white flag very quickly did not mean the Nazis did not have a lot of problems with the populace sabotaging them as often as they could manage.
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@randahl @elCelio tbf i think most Danes are ashamed of that particular part of ww2, the shortness of the fight. But when that's said, please consider: we managed to save 95% of the Danish Jews from the Holocaust, and as Randahl stated: just because our politicians waved the white flag very quickly did not mean the Nazis did not have a lot of problems with the populace sabotaging them as often as they could manage.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️@randahl Most Americans would rather forget that the Nazis held a huge rally in NY Madison Square Garden in 1939, and that there were several Nazi-oriented summer youth camps in Wisconsin - actually, across several states! - before we joined WW2.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️America has gone mad. We have too many crazy and off people. Shameful people.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️@randahl It is ridiculous and shameful. As a citizen of the U.S., I am appalled and more sorry than I can say. @mastodonmigration
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
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I abhor what my country has become. I also believe that many USAn veterans would volunteer to fight for Denmark, if it came to that, because I am not alone in my abhorrence.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️@randahl Trumps threats are a disaster. What an idiot of a man.
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@randahl 95% of American people have no issues with either Denmark or Greenland.
This is strictly another case of the Trump administration being alone in promoting this idea. It's bullying:
a.) Goading: It makes US domestic opposition feel like they have no influence over public policy and are powerless.
b.) Robbery: It involves theft of minerals (latest robber-baron pet hobby) and brazen violation of sovereignty
c.) Terrorism: It introduces the threat of withdrawing the USA from NATO.
@allanb that seems very accurate.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️@randahl The world has changed since the twentieth century. Europe now faces a new geopolitical reality.
Where the transatlantic bond was once the cornerstone of security and stability, we now see the United States itself struggling with internal polarisation and unpredictable foreign policy.
Europe, with over 450 million inhabitants and one of the largest economies in the world, is a global player and must now shape its future as an independent global force.
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@randahl
I abhor what my country has become. I also believe that many USAn veterans would volunteer to fight for Denmark, if it came to that, because I am not alone in my abhorrence.
#StandWithEurope@djembro Europe should seriously hire 100 US veterans and place them in Nuuk the next 6 months.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️It is profoundly strange as an American to experience this too.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️@randahl it's absolutely blowing my mind that they would even try this. It's an attack on the EU and it's a direct call to war. Trump really is deranged.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
️@randahl @CosmicTraveler Almost as if when countries turn a blind eye to international law and injustice in one place it can come back to haunt them.
Something about injustice anywhere being injustice everywhere and leopards eating people’s faces and all that…?
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@randahl @CosmicTraveler Almost as if when countries turn a blind eye to international law and injustice in one place it can come back to haunt them.
Something about injustice anywhere being injustice everywhere and leopards eating people’s faces and all that…?
@aral @randahl @CosmicTraveler tell em!
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@randahl It is ridiculous and shameful. As a citizen of the U.S., I am appalled and more sorry than I can say. @mastodonmigration
@randahl @mastodonmigration What @heidilifeldman said. I’m a Boomer, born and raised in the post-WWII era. When I was a kid, Hitler and Tojo were fresh in people’s memory, and so civics, aimed at inculcating the tenets of democracy in kids, was a core part of education. In recent decades, um, not so much. In fact, it’s not prominent or nonexistent in most educational standards. We’re now suffering the consequences. It’s just awful.
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It is so profoundly strange to experience my country, Denmark, being threatened by The United States — especially when you think of how much Americans and Danes have in common.
We both fought fascism in World War 2, we both have a constitution which defines a liberal democracy, and in both countries the greatest threat to that liberal democracy is Donald Trump.
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@randahl Most Americans would rather forget that the Nazis held a huge rally in NY Madison Square Garden in 1939, and that there were several Nazi-oriented summer youth camps in Wisconsin - actually, across several states! - before we joined WW2.
@jimthewhyguy @randahl
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@jimthewhyguy @randahl
The cynic in me wants to point out that the US joined the war to fight the Japanese, not Nazis.@atzanteol True, but within a few days of Dec. 7th and the declaration of war against Japan, they did declare war against the rest of the Axis. And did devote the majority of the war effort to Europe.
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