floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22日前Illinois prosecutors weigh hate crime charges after lesbian attacked at McDonald'swww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1491arrow-down16cross-posted to: lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1485arrow-down1videoIllinois prosecutors weigh hate crime charges after lesbian attacked at McDonald'swww.cbsnews.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22日前message-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·22日前 A group of strangers started harassing her and using anti-gay slurs as she left the restroom Sounds open-and-shut hate crime to me.
minus-squareFistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·edit-222日前Now convince a jury of stupid, ignorant yanks of that. Edit: I live in Australia To us, you’re all “Seppos” Septic-Tank>Yank
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-222日前There are no Yanks in Illinois. That’s the Midwest. We’re in the Northeast (though ignorance is not regional).
minus-squareFistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·22日前I live in Australia, I was unaware of your regional differences with that word! We use it to describe all of you
minus-squareHobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·22日前Canada too. Y’all down there in Red White and Stupid land can complain all you want about “yanks” meaning all the US considering you’ve co-opted “American” to mean the same thing.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·22日前They don’t understand that we mean it like “Yanqui”, as in, imperialists.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·22日前Yanks are from the northeast, which is generally fiscally conservative and socially progressive.
minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·22日前Yeah, why is there even a question about this?
Sounds open-and-shut hate crime to me.
Now convince a jury of stupid, ignorant yanks of that.
Edit: I live in Australia
To us, you’re all “Seppos”
Septic-Tank>Yank
There are no Yanks in Illinois. That’s the Midwest. We’re in the Northeast (though ignorance is not regional).
I live in Australia,
I was unaware of your regional differences with that word!
We use it to describe all of you
Canada too.
Y’all down there in Red White and Stupid land can complain all you want about “yanks” meaning all the US considering you’ve co-opted “American” to mean the same thing.
They don’t understand that we mean it like “Yanqui”, as in, imperialists.
Yanks are from the northeast, which is generally fiscally conservative and socially progressive.
Yeah, why is there even a question about this?