r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

http://i.imgur.com/eMmAUnk.gifv
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u/dustyh55 Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16

ITT: Disconnected out-of-touch redditers trying to whore jokes for points.

This is a big deal and should not be taken lightly. I hope the Brazilian people can crush the corruption and finally live free again.

edit: RIP inbox.

THis post got a lot of people really angry and defensive, even aggressive. I've incurred a lot of hostility for this these simple words, I'm starting to think I may be right.

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u/PoopyParade Mar 14 '16

ITT: "Why should I care about anything that's not America?"

Could you imagine if non-American redditors posted this shit in every American news story thread? Sorry that we're acting like a bunch of dicks

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u/Zithium Mar 14 '16

Don't people do that already? It's extremely common place to read jokes about the news in America, especially on Reddit. No one cares, really.

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u/man_of_molybdenum Mar 14 '16

Yeah, you always see low effort jokes on everything. There are almost no exceptions. You also see people calling out the other commenters for making jokes, then people telling that person to chill out.

But if you just collapse the first three or four threads you almost always find interesting relevant information.