Posted on 04/19/2024 12:25:07 PM PDT by billorites
Outraged Papua New Guinea academics have slammed President Joe Biden for his 'unacceptable' suggestion that his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the country after his plane was shot down during World War II.
Biden implied on two occasions Wednesday that his maternal uncle 2nd Lieutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan had met a grisly end at the hands of cannibals after his plane was shot down by the enemy over New Guinea in 1944.
But the White House and official defense records confirmed that Finnegan died when the military plane he was in experienced engine failure and crashed into the Pacific Ocean, not over land.
Historically, cannibalism has been reported Papua New Guinea, the Pacific nation that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, but local academics say Biden's categorization of the act is 'very offensive'.
Michael Kabuni, a political science lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, told The Guardian cannibalism was previously practiced by some communities in very specific contexts and that locals 'wouldn't just eat any white men that fell from the sky'.
Other analysts branded Biden's claims as 'unsubstantiated and poorly judged', especially during a time in which the US has been trying to strengthen its ties with Papua New Guinea. Kabuni argued that the Melanesian people, which includes the those from Papua New Guinea, are 'very proud' and would be offended by Biden's generalization of cannibalism.
He explained how cannibalism was not practiced due to a lack of food, but instead as a sign of respect in very specific contexts - such as eating a deceased relative's body to prevent it from decomposing.
'But taking it out of context, and implying that your [uncle] jumps out of the plane and somehow we think it's a good meal is unacceptable,' he added.
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Bo Snerdly had a field day in his podcast over racist Joe Biden claiming 20th century blacks were itching to eat his white uncle.
Man, when you’ve lost the cannibal vote...
“unsubstantiated and poorly judged’ ?
JoJo’s raging dementia clearly shows he’s a racist colonialist cisgendered man of White privilege.
Tastes like chicken?
Bidens taste funny.
It’s all the crack cocaine in their system.
I remember reading in National Lampoon’s “True Facts” (real, unusual news clippings) that during a meeting on attracting tourism on one of these islands, an indigenous group offered to demonstrate real cannibalism. However, the offer was turned down.
***after his plane was shot down during World War II***
Manna from heaven! Or would that be Long Pig!
Or, as the cyclops said in ULYSSES with Kirk Douglas....”What stringy meat!”
Also reminds me of the natives eating “Tropis” in SKULLDUGGERY(1970)
Biden uncle simply got lost the same way Biden does don’t the way to jello time
Two cannibals are eating a Biden, one starts at the feet and the other starts at the face. The first cannibal asks his buddy “How are you doing?”
The 2nd cannibal says “I’m having a ball!”
So the first one says, “Jeeze, you eat fast…”
It’s not clear they were particular. Humans were just another category of meat to them. If they’d eat neighboring tribes, why not some random, non-obviously diseased human?
I knew it would be you who posted that one.
Well done.
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Maybe they don’t like white meat
Biden doesn’t just lie like other politicians. He makes up crazy stories off the top of his head and dares you to call him out. And he did it when he was young too. It’s part of his personality.
[Maybe they don’t like white meat]
If demented Joe’s story is true, it explains how kuru was introduced into the brain-eating cannibal population of New Guinea.
From Wiki: “Kuru is a rare, incurable, and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea. Kuru is a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) caused by the transmission of abnormally folded proteins (prions), which leads to symptoms such as tremors and loss of coordination from neurodegeneration.”
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