U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one

[muffi@programming.dev]

I am Danish and have been to Greenland. This is seriously impressive, because the people of Greenland are the absolute nicest I have ever met.

[andallthat@lemmy.world]

I'm in another country and not speaking about Indians in particular, but my family have been immigrants.
One thing I observed is that immigrants tend to have a stronger anti-immigration stance than other demographics.

I think it's one part shame. You worked hard and now you feel superior to the "fresh off the boat" person you once were and (by extension) to all those new immigrants.

One part it's that at the bottom, we all have these shitty feelings toward other people but, as immigrants ourselves, we feel legitimised to express them openly because hey, that can't be racist if you're talking of your own ethnicity, right?

And then of course,in many places immigrants tend to be pigeonholed into specific types of jobs, so more immigrants not from your family = more competition. But that is not for the Usha Vance types who made it close to the top.

[jaschen@lemm.ee]

He isn't gay. Wanting to fuck couches is totally hetero.

[coldcell@sh.itjust.works]

No one invited them into their home so they cancelled their visit and couldn't go? Are they fucking vampires that need to be invited over a threshold? That's hilarious, excellent job Greenland.

[flashmobofone@lemmy.world]

Wow.

I wish we could find people in our government half as committed to a living wage as they are to the Vances' PR.

[mattd@programming.dev]

[cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

they hadn't had time to sufficiently scotchguard their couches yet

[cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

the government of india does a lot of racist anti indian stuff too.

[beetschnapps@lemmy.world]

“He gonna fuck what?”

[redditrefugee69@lemmynsfw.com]

Tolerance Paradox.

Part of being truly nice is being not nice to people who are not nice.

[lillypip@lemmy.ca]

If the whole point of the trip was to get propaganda footage showing how much Greenlanders love and welcome the US and trump administration, the trip would be a waste of time without it.

[Guest]

Yep. As Bob Dylan eloquently said "don't have nothing at all except hatred"

[molecularcactus1324@lemmy.world]

India is very pro-Trump.

[daddy32@lemmy.world]

Of course they are fucking vampires. Also each other, possibly.

[inthedoghouseagain@lemm.ee]

I can’t help thinking if we all allow one nation to be taken over by a superpower because they want it, how long before it becomes normalised

Every small nation needs to be considered

I personally think it is for minerals not security
The western World was supposed to be past this taking what you want because your bigger

[myopinion@lemm.ee]

Greenland good on you. Send the Nazis packing.

[sirmaple__@lemmy.ca]

If they came to my door they'd be greeted by an air horn in the face. The "no soliciting" sign applies to everyone.

Unless you're one of my neighbours. They're cool. No need to make them deaf lol

[rippersnapper@lemm.ee]

Eh, it’s over a billion people. Most people (who don’t live in cities) don’t know about Trump other than the fact that he’s the president. Even those who have internet aren’t going to see US news cuz their feeds aren’t curated for that.

[suavevillain@lemmy.world]

That is so embarrassing and good on the people of Greenland for not wanting to be part of that.

[misterd@lemmy.ca]

I would have called the cops.