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OrangeJuiceAlibi t1_j2dct97 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL That in 1840s Australia, there was a rumor about a European women held against her will by the Kurnai people. For two years, the native people of the area were hunted, with a boy being captured. After arranging a meeting, the natives arrived with a statue; the figurehead from the ship, Britannia by gingkared184

Nothing British about it. This idiocy exists world over. Remember when the wrong guy got pointed to as the Boston marathon bomber? Or when someone shot up a pizza restaurant because of a rumour about paedophiles? Or when people stormed their nation's capital because someone who lost two popular votes in a row told them the election was rigged? Or remember when people, to this day, still try to claim a president of their nation wasn't actually from their nation and demanded he prove it, while also, to this day, claiming his wife is trans?

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Consistent_Ad_4828 t1_j2een2p wrote

To their credit, every example you provided is from an Anglosphere country lol.

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OrangeJuiceAlibi t1_j2efexy wrote

Specifically every example I gave is from the US, because I assumed that person was from there.

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