Because major events like Iraq, 9/11, even the BS that Trump is doing now, are events that will be studied at school worldwide for their cultural and political impacts. Obviously we hear about that. I bet that you've heard about Ukraine, but I doubt that you consider yourself an expert in European news.

For the sake of an example, I just opened US CNN. The first familiar news is about climate change (we have it too, duh!). Then I see Coldplay, ICE, Epstein, Superman's movie... if we skip stuff like "Smartphones aren't safe for kids under 13" that's all. There is just a minimal overlap with the news here.

Is that so surprising?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, but you still haven't explained how you are justifying including that caveat!

[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I know you are not a bot because a bot would read and understand the replies.

Bye!

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

― Jean-Paul Sartre