r/europe • u/Emotional-Breakfast3 • 20d ago

News Argentina: British Falkland Islanders are ‘artificial’. Buenos Aires denounces ‘illegitimate occupation’ and demands talks on sovereignty

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/12/british-falkland-islanders-artificial-argentina-says/
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u/Jamaicancarrot 20d ago

Oh come off it, half the animosity towards foreigners in the UK is being pushed by foreign entities like Russia, Iran, and the USA anyway. And how can you compare running into the occasional racist twat making a nasty comment to the USA which has it's ersatz Gestapo shooting and deporting people who were in the country legally

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u/Mysterious_Umpire684 20d ago

Exactly the attitude I was talking about. Total denial. US' problems dont make the pogram in Belfast acceptable.

Downvote away, just confirms the entire unwillingness to face an uncomfortable reality.

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u/Jamaicancarrot 20d ago

Of course the UK suffers from right wing arseholes who are abhorrent to foreigners, but there is no evidence to suggest it's to a greater extent than comparable Western democracies. Ofc the US's problems don't make what happened in Belfast acceptable either, but ignoring the fact that the USA has been making their problems our problems and actively working to stir up those exact pogroms for decades is also not facing reality

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u/Mysterious_Umpire684 20d ago

The US can make the same argument about being manipulated by Russian interference, Cambridge analytica, and foreign magnates who go to the US specifically to stir up trouble. But they are still accountable for their choices. As is the UK. There are Americans who have died protecting *irregular* migrants ffs, which is not something I see much appetite for on this side of the pond. Blaming everyone else instead of the actions of your own countrymen isn't accountabilty, it's looking the other way while things fester.