[–] 0 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Someday I would really love to hear a breathless tale about how bad the Soviet Union was, that doesn't involve something the United States did to Black people. But I don't think any country has ever treated its citizens as badly as the US treats Black people.

You're really showing your ass when you get upset about human rights abuses from your global competitors, but don't care when your allies do the same. Pull the plank out of your own eye.

https://hogg.utexas.edu/the-political-abuse-of-psychiatry-against-dissenting-voices#%3A%7E%3Atext=According+to+declassified+documents%2C+the%2Cplots%E2%80%9D+to+overthrow+the+government

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Some subset of Europeans seem to enjoy rubbing American problems in our collective faces.

    On the one hand, I get it. Americans have been jerks for centuries, and in modern history we've been rich jerks. On the other, it's unlikely that snark on Lemmy is going to reach a titan of American Imperialism. The same jerks are taking advantage of all of us.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    This has not been adjudicated by anyone. You can say "the US doesn't consider it to be an illegal order". Maybe there is some JAG letter somewhere that says helicopters are not required to accept surrender. But there is nothing that precludes trying everyone involved for war crimes.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Yes. If Americans haven't proved they're generally racist and Nationalistic, I don't know what else it would take.

    It sounds like you're trying to make a gotcha, but it's quite fair to say a member of the military who murders Venezuelans at whim may still balk if ordered to kill white American.

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