• happybadger [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    https://twitter.com/realRyanHolman/status/1370896246253047809

    Alright Chen, whose stopping indigenous people from speaking their language?

    If they voluntarily speak English to better work with society, what's the harm there?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1133071647215374337/99rNKbd-_400x400.png

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Integration has its value, but in this specific case Cargo Shorts isn't aware of what's stopping indigenous Americans from speaking their language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools

          • CommieElon [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Looks like he did. He even called Tibet a feudal society. Posting works.

          • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I remember that some people on Twitter told me about the program for indigenous children to be sent to schools, where they were prevented from speaking their tribal language. I argued the point by saying that you are supposed to speak English at public schools and then largely forgot about it.

            Yesterday, before I actually saw this, I randomly thought about the topic, likely due to it being triggered by seeing the original post, and that the people were forcibly sent and prevented from speaking their language, which should not have been a big deal (although I would say it was to their advantage to learn English, they just should have been allowed to continue speaking their own language, if they so chose, and did not need to go to the school, if they did not want to).

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Woah. It's the guy from the tweet.

              Is that actually you in the pfp or is it some elaborate bit?

              • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                That is me in my profile. It was at the 2019 Indianapolis 500.

                WeatherTech was sponsoring a car in the race. Me and a friend got into the pit lane before the race. In that car's pit stall, they had multiple women promoting the company. They asked if I wanted to get a picture with them. I decided to get one.

                • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  Beautiful, one of the only Indy car Twitter leftists I've ever seen. Mad props for using your actual name and likeness too

                  • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    My thought was that I wanted to have continuity with my Reddit account. I was on the subreddit from June 2019 until it got shut down.

                    As you may or may not know, I have a YouTube channel, primarily for racing content, with over 30,000 subscribers and 40 million viewers. I am trying to start a channel for mostly leftist content. It is certainly a work in progress and the amount of work I have for college means that I do not have as much to time work on more detailed content for the latter.