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"STDs come from anyone except us!" - Everyone (europe.pub)
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[โ€“] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What they're saying is calling it "the American Disease" because Europeans raped the natives of the Americas, sounds like you're blaming the natives for the disease

[โ€“] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Would it help if we rebranded smallpox as "the Eurasian disease"?

Anyway, it wasn't my intention to blame anyone. I called it the American disease because it came from the Americas. I made sure to point out that it was rapists who brought it to Europe, so I don't really care for the way I was characterized. I don't think there was nearly enough there to accuse me of victim blaming.