• adroit balloon@lemmy.ml
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    how is it an “occupation” when Hawaiians themselves voted to become a state by a 94+% majority?

    On June 27, 1959, a referendum asked residents of Hawaiʻi to vote on the statehood bill; 94.3% voted in favor of statehood and 5.7% opposed it. (source)

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        note the dates. it was forcibly annexed by a coup government

        the facts don’t support your assertions. even if they did, it’s irrelevant because….

        the later vote to join as a state took place well afterwards

        just as I said and the facts I gave support. since 94% of people voted to become a state, no rational person would call it an “occupation”.

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          lmao you illiterate jackass. a sham vote to join a nation that overthrew your actual government by a bunch of people who moved there specifically to move the needle on that exact vote means nothing. christ, you liberals really love white nationalism as much as the flag fuckers do