Pfft.
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024
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That you only care about the genocides the news tell you guys to, while ignoring the genocides your country committed and never making amends. It's funny you guys trashed my country and murdered my people, now suddenly you're moral grandstanding on me
you don't know what the fuck I care about or what I ignore. stop making shit up just so you have the right to be angry
All I see is Americans being the world police and world moralists again, while the rest of us roll our eyes at you unapologetically murderous people. Clearly your comment shows you didn't care about the shit you did to my people
You're venting at the wrong person you goober
Just so you know, Goober is a slang term for an African peanut or a stupid black person. So way to show your true nature.
Goober is a term for peanuts in general, it's not specific to African peanuts. It can indeed be used colloquially to refer to a simpleton or silly person, but it doesn't have any particular racial connotation.
The only connection to Africa I could find is the etymology, as the word was borrowed from an African language. Considering 75% of English's vocabulary (including swear words) is borrowed from other languages, I don't think this is a particularly pertinent thing to take issue with. I mean, unless you have a source showing I'm wrong. No source I could find points to any racist connotation for the word "goober".