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[–] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

There's kinda a large gap between Jefferson being a sexual predator and Mao allowing 25+ million people to starve in the great leap forward. Definitely feels like one requires ignoring a lot more in order to defend.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    It wasn't as if he intentionally caused the famine.

    There's abusing someone and owning slaves vs. accidentally shooting yourself in the leg, and by "yourself" I mean the whole country that you started.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    No, but he did intentionally Sanction the murders of millions of people. Still wanna compare the two?

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