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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 308 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Its "I only speak english and bad english" you uncultured fuck

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago

Ah, that’s where the name comes.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 235 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And nazi, he speaks nazi too. That sieg heil in the photo didn't happen by coincidence.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 113 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It's an accurate snapshot of the American executive branch right now... the moron MAGA President asleep at the wheel, the moron MAGA underlings putting on full display their idiotic rendition of fascism.

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Whilst spending untold billions on military gear for ice to violate our constitutional rights.

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 152 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (22 children)

Sabes cómo se llama uno que habla tres idiomas? Trilingüe.

Sabes cómo se llama uno que habla dos? Bilingüe.

Sabes como se llama uno que habla un sólo idioma? Americano. Se llama americano.

This fucking moron made himself the punchline of the joke that we invented to mock those like him.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As an American, I laughed.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Then I cried some more.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 90 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I wonder what his mom thinks of him turning into such a huge douchey asshole.

Is she surprised, or did she see it coming? Maybe he's always been so. He's the kid who made new rules for games and cried when the other kids wouldn't follow his rules.

[–] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 101 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“You are an abuser of women – that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego,” Penelope Hegseth wrote in the email obtained by the New York Times.

“You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth,” she added, advising her son to “get some help and take an honest look at yourself”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/trump-defense-secretary-pick-pete-hegseth-mother-abuser-of-women

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On the one hand, that reads like a lot of messages written by abusive parents to (mostly) blameless children. On the other, this one is directed at Pete Hegseth.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hegseth's father was a basketball coach for high schools across Minnesota before retiring in 2019; his mother is an executive business coach who has taught with the Minnesota Excellence in Public Service (MEPS) Series, a fellowship and leadership program for Republican and center-right women.

She'd probably say "You've always been a disappointment to this family. You should've gone to war with Iran last year."

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“Boromir would have invaded Iran and Iraq”

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So Simplified English instead of Traditional English, right?

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Honestly, the way they're speaking. I'm fine with them calling it "american".

It gives the rest of us a heads up that we should use small words so they can understand.

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[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 74 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Literally the Colbert Effect in action.

This guy wants to be the parody of an idiot.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

He just wants to appeal to the collection of people who do like that sort of thing being said.

I remember an incident a bit back where the White House Press Secretary said "your mom" to a journalist's question, followed up by Trump's communications director saying the same thing. Those are not people who are going to let that idly slip, much less at the same time


their full-time job is using speech to politically influence people.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/karoline-leavitt-trump-putin-meeting-budapest-b2847669.html

Trump announced Thursday that he will soon meet with Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. The choice has raised questions, because Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court. However, Hungary appears unlikely to cooperate with the warrant and is in the process of leaving the court, the Associated Press reports.

When HuffPost asked the White House who chose the location for the meeting, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied, “Your mom did.” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also followed up with, “Your mom,” the outlet reports.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Colbert was the funniest conservative comedian but I stopped liking him after he switched parties.

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I’m not sure if this is a joke or if you actually think he was a conservative on the Colbert show

Edit: oh wait it’s you, you got me

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[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 69 points 1 week ago

He probably wanted to say "English (simplified)"

[–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 58 points 1 week ago

We have the dumbest leaders ever," one person commented. "What a weird thing to be proud of," a second person added"

this is some concise journalism. they didnt bother to even note if the people they were quoting were posting on twitter or a facebook thread in any way. just said "some dude said this".

the irish star is a dirt rag tabloid, this isnt a source worth posting. surely other platforms are reporting on this

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I only speak one language"... to a room full of mostly bilingual people who also live in (central or south) America. 🤦🤦🤦

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They should only speak Spanish to him just to piss him off.

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[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 49 points 1 week ago (6 children)

"Don't worry: We will make sure to use only small words for you"

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[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A bullet in each of their brains would be too kind.

[–] The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Add a cactus in each of their asses and we might be getting somewhere 

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 38 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Wait until he learns that English is a hybrid of Latin, French and German.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait until he learns

We're gonna be here a while…

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

and Celtic, Greek, Dutch, Turkish, various Indian/South Asian languages and Arabic.

Not to mention the "French" and "German" you mention were actually Saxon and Norman which became those languages.

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago (4 children)

USA is special kind of stupid that this probably gets a huge cheering back home.

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (7 children)

USA is a special kind of stupid, but a majority still oppose war with Iran and... you know... raping children, so Hegseth isn't too popular on the home front either.

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

imagine him thinking he has to speak LATIN in latin america. hes a mean drunk.

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[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago

This is a nationalistic move. To remove the washington regime away from other english speaking countries and brand itself as something larger. It makes the washington regime seem entitled to landgrabs. It makes washingtonlings feel superior to other english speakers.

It is as stupid as nationalism is stupid, but nationalism is great for ruling people.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 25 points 1 week ago (6 children)

That's so many languages!!

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

White nationalists are the weakest and most brittle snowflakes.

[–] ambientdread@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Once upon a time we had a deep state. We replaced it with a dumb state. D'OH

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

He only speaks War Crime.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Next executive order: English is henceforth called American.

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[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 22 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What language were they speaking in England before they stole one from USA?

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 22 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Mfw the Sieg Heil Salute garners no remark...

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[–] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago

The literal dumbest people run everything.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They should then switch to spanish as their lingua franca for that meeting (brazillians could pull if off).
Or switch to esperanto.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 18 points 1 week ago

We can always trust Drunk Pete to say something stupid in front of a camera.

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