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Trump’s invasion of Greenland would be ‘the shortest war in the world’
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This is what I thought Greenland was until this morning, thank you for the education
This is probably rude to say, but I frankly expected that you of all people would've known better. In hindsight I don't know why I'd think Greenland being Inuit country was common knowledge, but I still find it very bizarre and shameful that so many people here would apparently have such a total misconception of the basic character of a country currently appearing in daily headlines.
I appreciate your misplaced optimism towards us. Would you happen to know a good thing to read about the actual state of Greenland we could investigate?
Well, I read earlier today a linguistics article called "Spatial Deixis and the Demonstrative System of Kalaallisut", which might be worth mentioning, since it goes into a lot of the basics of Greenland's history and present situation, and explains how these fit in with the historical and current evolution of the Greenlandic language itself.
Otherwise I can highly recommend a YouTube video, "How Denmark Destroyed Greenland: Brief History of Denmark's Colonialism in Greenland", which I think is a well-sourced and well-made primer on the basics — in fact it's already been shared twice before on Hexbear and once on Lemmygrad.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Sorry I let you down
There, there. You're still very good and I always look forward to seeing you in the chats. Everyone has some blind spot or another in their knowledge.