Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, I think we can agree that this as forceful an argument you may ever find against the perpetuation of our society.
(There’s gotta be a word, probably in German, that describes a feeling of deep, visceral shame on behalf of people you do not know.)
UPDATE: Germany, FTW!
@geedee215 @postbourgie The German word for that secondhand embarrassment feeling is “Fremdscham”, fyi.
— qt (@quailitea) October 11, 2012
Um, Camelot is back? She’s harkening to the wrong political era. Do people know nothing???
I don’t get it.
I really thought this was a joke. It is a joke, RIGHT?
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