• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The religious significance of an uninhabited island seems like a nothingburger compared to this:

    Along with allowing Musk to rain schrapnel down near Mokumanamana, the FAA also granted SpaceX the ability to do so around Hawaii’s eight main islands — which are populated with American citizens

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      lol why did they emphasize that they are American citizens? So if these were non-Americans it would be fine I guess.

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        1 day ago

        They mention that because people in the US are stupid enough to not understand that residents of Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, and some other places are US citizens.

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        1 day ago

        It’s not about Americans, it’s about humans. I’m just quoting the article directly.

    • No_Eponym@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Ah, but those Americans are mostly Democrats so they aren’t really Americans and are gonna lose their citizenship and be deported soon anyway. /S