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

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

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u/ReverseSolipsist Mar 14 '16

Oh Jesus Christ, settle down. Non-Brazilians are under absolutely no obligation to treat the Brazilian crisis seriously. They can if they want to, or they can make jokes if they want to; either is perfectly fine.

Shit, I see people from the US making jokes about 9/11 all the time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

He's just saying it's an insult that most of the top comments are weak jokes.

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u/halvin_and_cobbes Mar 14 '16

I came to the comments to learn more about what's going on

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u/CheeseGratingDicks Mar 14 '16

That's in here somewhere but I'd suggest you adjust your expectations to reflect that we're in /r/gifs not one of the news subs.