cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53694096

Niels Bohr famously dissolved the medal he got for his Nobel Price for chemistry in acid when the Nazis invaded his home country of Denmark, to prevent it from falling into the Nazis’ hands.

Unlike him, the most recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize of all things, who shall not be named here, because she doesn’t deserve being named, handed her medal to a deranged megalomaniac and fascist wannabe dictator.

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialEnglish
      131·
      18 hours ago

      For giving her medal to Trump?

      Yes. Unless Trump gained a mind control machine since last we checked.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        18 hours ago

        Yep, keeping him from humiliating himself with a token was definitely worth endangering herself and her country’s people.

        That medal means nothing in his hands and everyone knows it. I can’t believe we’re pretending she wasn’t coerced publicly and that a “mind control machine” is needed

        • PugJesus@piefed.socialEnglish
          4·
          16 hours ago

          Yep, keeping him from humiliating himself with a token was definitely worth endangering herself and her country’s people.

          What danger to her country has been reduced by giving (or attempting to give) Trump the medal?

          That medal means nothing in his hands and everyone knows it. I can’t believe we’re pretending she wasn’t coerced publicly and that a “mind control machine” is needed

          Fuck, man, she’s a politician and a grown-ass woman. She makes decisions, and she’s fucking responsible for them. She started her bootlicking for Trump upon receiving the award. I don’t know why this is controversial.

          Regardless of whether you think it was a good move or a bad move, it was her fucking choice, and people are right to ascribe agency to her in judging it.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            16 hours ago

            And I don’t know how it’s controversial that a piece of metal is worth the risk of a dictator doing whatever he wants in retaliation. You ask what danger there is… this is like asking what a mob boss threat is worth. Giving him that literally changes nothing except it makes Trump look pathetic and desperate on the world stage. No one thinks he earned the award except the people who already think he’s God regardless of what he does.

        • freagle@lemmy.mlEnglish
          21·
          17 hours ago

          What are you talking about? She literally asked the US to invade. She has no interest in protecting her country. She hosted a webinar with execs and said if they get the US to invade she’ll make sure they all get fat oil contracts.

          She was literally calling for war.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        18 hours ago

        Yep, keeping him from humiliating himself with a token was definitely worth endangering herself and her country’s people.

        That medal means nothing in his hands and everyone knows it.

    • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
      13·
      18 hours ago

      There seems to be some limit to how far you can go in order to democratize your country. 🤷

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        17 hours ago

        Not sure what you mean or why we’re getting downvoted. The physical token of the Nobel Peace prize means nothing in the hands of a thief. Not sure why people are pretending she had much choice in this. The toddler would’ve certainly thrown a tantrum had she refused and it’s almost certainly not worth it.

        If anything, handing it over makes trump look bad for not only wanting it, but stealing it.