• taladar@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The main difference is that the UK used to be powerful and did a lot of bad things to a lot of countries around the world. Puerto Rico on the other hand has always been weak so it feels weird for someone in a much more powerful area of the world to pick on them.

    • cpw@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Good comedy can punch up, but very rarely works when punching down. Punching down is generally just bullying in disguise.