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hdnsmbt 119 points 3 years ago

The US really looks at war criminals and goes "yeah, they should be able to live out the rest of their lives in peace in their own home, surrounded by loved ones" while at the same time locking up black guys for 20 years because they smoked a funny cigarette. And other countries still take them seriously. We're all idiots, no exceptions.

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jaybone 23 points 3 years ago

Wasn’t this guy awarded some kind of Nobel prize for peace or something?

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livus 28 points 3 years ago

Yes. After one of the genocides he helped enable but before the other genocides he went on to help enable.

He's not the only genocidaire to get the Nobel Peace Prize but he's probably the most egregiously evil of them.

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tryptaminev 20 points 3 years ago

Also the North Vietnamese counter part Lê Đức Thọ did not accept the prize as his country still didnt see peace.

So Kissinger received the peace prize for a non existing peace.

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dangblingus 10 points 3 years ago

It was controversial even at the time.

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Dragon_Titan 21 points 3 years ago

The US Dollar being the international standard currency of business and international trade does that... Of course having a military and military budget that exceeds the sum of the next 5 biggest militaries helps.

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jaybone 22 points 3 years ago

Good thing my mom can’t get health care.

Hoo-Rah!

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Dragon_Titan 1 point 3 years ago
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ImFresh3x -13 points 3 years ago

This a bit out of date. Who’s locked up for smoking a joint? Personal use is a ticket in harsh states, and legal in most states.

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GoFastBoots 16 points 3 years ago

Do you think they just happily released all of those who were previously convicted and sentenced for possession just because we may not be as harsh with the sentencing now?

There are absolutely people whose lives have been ruined over it, still sitting in prison for being the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I'd be curious to know if there's any confirmation that personal use/possession doesn't lead to jail time for anybody in the us anymore.

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MycoBro 2 points 3 years ago

You don’t have to be black for the pigs to harass you. Just poor. But being black certainly don’t help.

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TubeTalkerX 111 points 3 years ago

Can’t believe this fucker lived longer than Betty White!

Where is your God? Where is your God now???

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JWBananas 83 points 3 years ago

At least Bob Barker had the decency to get as close to 100 as possible without going over.

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Gork 23 points 3 years ago

claps

Bravo

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Exatron 7 points 3 years ago

I'm ticked off that he made it to a hundred, but my grandfather died eight days short of that milestone.

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ComradeBunnie 6 points 3 years ago

Noooo I forgot she passed, now I'm sad.

She was a joy.

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theJWPHTER88 4 points 3 years ago

And including Lualhati Bautista, Fred Rogers, and a few more kindred souls, of which we lost some too soon into their long lives...

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NocturnalMorning 103 points 3 years ago

This guy is almost singlehandled responsible for everything that happened in Vietnam. Good riddance.

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ook_the_librarian 76 points 3 years ago

That's very narrow-minded. He committed atrocities in Cambodia too. Good riddance indeed.

I won't miss seeing his op-eds published during major conflicts like he was some kind of diplomatic guru. What a monster.

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Jyrdano 33 points 3 years ago

And Laos. And indirectly Bangladesh and Chile.

Better go stand in the line to spit on his grave now, it’s going to be a long one.

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livus 13 points 3 years ago

And East Timor, Pakistan, Argentina...

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masquenox 7 points 3 years ago

Don't forget Laos!

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Astrealix 42 points 3 years ago

Hey now, give Nixon the credit he deserves for also making things worse.

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fosforus -31 points 3 years ago
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charliespider 36 points 3 years ago

Ah yes, nothing else embodies peace quite like the Vietnam War

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GutsBerserk 60 points 3 years ago

A real life monster who took pleasure from death of millions. Oh and the people who defend this terrorist may suffer the same fate as his victims https://theintercept.com/...

There were “few people who have had a hand in as much death and destruction, as much human suffering, in so many places around the world as Henry Kissinger,” said veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody.

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FattestMattest 4 points 3 years ago

Behind the Bastards podcast had a great series on him!

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cerement 49 points 3 years ago

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agent_flounder 39 points 3 years ago path: 0 5687699 5689213, hotness: undefined, score: 39, children: 0
agamemnonymous 17 points 3 years ago

Wow, a six parter?

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Gradually_Adjusting 12 points 3 years ago

It was a lot of bastardy

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porcariasagrada 8 points 3 years ago

the guy was walking scum with power. he is one of the few people in my opinion that deserves the death penalty for their crimes.

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SatyrSack 4 points 3 years ago

Break it down for me in a ten-second video while twerking.

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SheDiceToday 1 point 3 years ago

/twerk_continuously

  • Henry Kissinger bad!
  • Henry Kissinger bad!
  • Henry Kissinger was so bad, his death is pretty rad!

/end_twerk

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TheScaryDoor 14 points 3 years ago

Robert Evans sends his regards!

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MindfulSage 45 points 3 years ago

Yeh fuck this scumbag guy!!

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TheBlue22 44 points 3 years ago

I sure can't wait for uninformed people to mourn his death

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Carighan 38 points 3 years ago

I mourn his death insofar that it happened now. Not 40-80 years ago!

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masquenox 8 points 3 years ago

I mourn the fact that scum like him ever existed - the guy is in the same category of monster as Heinrich Himmler.

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DessertStorms 6 points 3 years ago

The real problem is those who are informed, and still see him as a hero...

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gravitas_deficiency 37 points 3 years ago

Good fucking riddance. The amount of damage he did to the world and humanity in general is incalculable.

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porcariasagrada 36 points 3 years ago

83 years too late. how other people can be around such a monster and not bash is fucking head in is baffling to me,

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Synthuir 25 points 3 years ago

“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević.”

— Anthony Bourdain

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masquenox 21 points 3 years ago

They're too busy taking lessons form him... aka Hillary Clinton.

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tryptaminev 35 points 3 years ago

why is this downvoted? Clinton expressed multiple times in the last decade that Kissinger is a close consultant and mentor of her.

https://www.theguardian.com/...

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porcariasagrada 13 points 3 years ago

people don't really know how much of a cunt hillary is.

edit: they have the same friends and work only for the group they belong, the 0.01%

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Zehzin 8 points 3 years ago

Among the terrible things republicans did, there's making it impossible to point out how much of a terrible person Clinton is to well meaning but manipulated folks

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masquenox 7 points 3 years ago

She's a holy cow for liberals... just like Carter and Obama. And all of them are war criminals, too. Liberals just love their little "good cop" routine.

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Blackmist 34 points 3 years ago

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

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playereightyone 34 points 3 years ago path: 0 5687415, hotness: undefined, score: 34, children: 4
Imgonnatrythis 8 points 3 years ago

How the hell is that site not updated?

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clay_pidgin 3 points 3 years ago

It was probably just a scam anyway.

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Maalus 6 points 3 years ago

If it was a scam, wouldn't they ask to give money to them, instead to charities? They give you a few bottles of booze, not the cash, since that's illegal

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clay_pidgin 1 point 3 years ago

Good point, I missed that.

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timeisart 33 points 3 years ago

Kind of inspirational really, makes me want to be a good enough person so that people aren't actually glad to hear that I'm dead lol

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9715698 20 points 3 years ago

It's a low bar, but not necessarily a bad one.

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flicker 30 points 3 years ago

Oh my God!

itshappening.gif

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remotelove 21 points 3 years ago

notfastenough.jpg

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prettydarknwild 29 points 3 years ago

he should have died like 90 years earlier

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Coreidan 22 points 3 years ago

Ah we are finally at the timeline where all the old fucking dinosaurs are finally dying off.

You love to see it. Burn in hell assholes!

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RememberTheApollo_ 12 points 3 years ago

Unfortunately as the old Cold War imperialist-nationalist crowd dies off they’re being replaced with far right theocratic authoritarians. The first bunch would fuck any other country for shortsighted national advantage despite long-term global instability that resulted in us constantly “putting out fires”. The second group is willing to fuck the citizens for shortsighted personal advantage no matter what it burns down.

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Zehzin 20 points 3 years ago

HELL YEAH REST IN PISS

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STRIKINGdebate2 18 points 3 years ago

Don't cry because of what they did, smile because they are in hell now.

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theJWPHTER88 5 points 3 years ago

Moreso in that blood-crimson, with-large-ominous-hand-constructs purgatory known as RED SPACE, with OMORI's true form constantly berating their souls for their unspeakable transgressions towards their fellow humans.

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Schmuppes 18 points 3 years ago

Took him long enough to finally bite the dust.

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migo 16 points 3 years ago

I have a full bladder and his grave seems like a great place to take care of it.

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n3m37h 4 points 3 years ago

Come on, the least you could do is deficate on it

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TheBat 15 points 3 years ago
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gabe 15 points 3 years ago

Ding dong the witch is dead

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raspberriesareyummy 14 points 3 years ago

Fucking finally.

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Antitoxic9087 12 points 3 years ago

Realism diplomacy is just 19th century style imperialism and interempire alliance with a new name. Look how he appeased Putin during the beginning of russo-ukrainian war. This person has no moral guide and will throw anyone, friend or foe, under the bus to gain perceived nation interest. In the long run it is exactly those moves that harmed US credibility the most.

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Cowbee 11 points 3 years ago

This person had no moral guide. Past-tense!

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Jaderick 10 points 3 years ago

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🍾

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Zellith 10 points 3 years ago

We should have less of this guy and more of Enrico pollazo. Dude saved the queen of England and the anniversary of his death was only 2 days ago. Everyone seems to have forgotten.

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WarmSoda 11 points 3 years ago

What does saving the queen have to do with Kissinger?

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clay_pidgin 7 points 3 years ago

I'm pretty sure they're referencing Leslie Nielsen's death on November 28th 2010. He played Frank Drebin in Naked Gun, and in the movie he takes the place of opera singer Enrico Pallazo to save the Queen of England.

I don't think it's related to Pissinger at all.

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Zellith 1 point 3 years ago

I guess you have forgotten.

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WarmSoda 9 points 3 years ago

Care to explain at all? Obviously me and other people don't know what you mean.

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Zellith 6 points 3 years ago

On November 28th 2010, Enrico Pallazzo died. So his deaths anniversary was 2 days ago. Nobody is talking about it. The world seemingly forgot. He was an acclaimed Italian opera singer who achieved greater international fame by thwarting an assassination attempt on the queen of England while working as a baseball umpire.

My point is we are talking about Kissinger instead of celebrating the live of a hero like Enrico. He had an interesting life. You should give him a quick google.

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Bitrot 2 points 3 years ago path: 0 5687491 5687789 5688187 5688563 5689688, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Zehzin 7 points 3 years ago

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CowsLookLikeMaps 3 points 3 years ago path: 0 5687491 5687876, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
kindenough 10 points 3 years ago

Good riddance. That guy was pure evil.

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lulztard 8 points 3 years ago

Sadly not any less a terrorist nation, but it's always reason to be cheerful when war criminals die.

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Jakdracula 8 points 3 years ago

Henry Kissinger How I'm missing yer You're the Doctor of my dreams

With your crinkly hair and your glassy stare And your machiavellian schemes I know they say that you are very vain And short and fat and pushy but at least you're not insane

Henry Kissinger How I'm missing yer And wishing you were here

Henry Kissinger How I'm missing yer You're so chubby and so neat

With your funny clothes and your squishy nose You're like a German parakeet All right so people say that you don't care But you've got nicer legs than Hitler And bigger tits than Cher

Henry Kissinger How I'm missing yer And wishing you were here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SVGV6lvNTR4

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Marin_Rider 5 points 3 years ago

dropped his glasses in the toilet and ran into a wall

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mambabasa 5 points 3 years ago

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computerscientistI 3 points 3 years ago path: 0 5690834, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
ShaolinRaiden 2 points 3 years ago
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TheLurker -12 points 3 years ago
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fosforus -14 points 3 years ago
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Glimpythegoblin 38 points 3 years ago

I'm uplifted.

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fosforus -11 points 3 years ago
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HerbalGamer 23 points 3 years ago

Good thing someone else did then.

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livus 13 points 3 years ago

I literally danced around the house.

It's hard to explain but his continued existance was like a shadow over us. The world feels a little bit better.

I was happy when Pinochet died, Pol Pot died, Suharto died, Comrade Duch died, etc but this man was complicit in all of their crimes and many more besides.

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TheLurker -35 points 3 years ago
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masquenox 21 points 3 years ago

Oh, look... the war criminal apologetics brigade has decided to show up.

Fuck Henry Kissinger.

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tigeruppercut 20 points 3 years ago

I listened to 6 hours about the guy's life and he sucks ass. Maybe you'd take your own advice if you've got the time

https://www.iheart.com/...

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TheLurker -22 points 3 years ago
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porcariasagrada 10 points 3 years ago

bad troll

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TheLurker -12 points 3 years ago
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gmtom 5 points 3 years ago

Obvious troll is very obvious. Go outside and get a hobby mate

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TheLurker -8 points 3 years ago
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Natanael 4 points 3 years ago

Are you really pretending kissinger's actions are entirely unknown to the world?

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TheLurker -7 points 3 years ago
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DessertStorms 3 points 3 years ago

Lol, go back to lurking bootlicker..

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TheLurker -6 points 3 years ago
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Natanael 1 point 3 years ago

The Nobel peace prize is unfortunately worthless

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TheLurker -5 points 3 years ago
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Draedron 1 point 3 years ago

Lol. Praising him for "ending" a war he was responsible for extending.

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DreBeast 8 points 3 years ago

His achievements can easily be googled. You agree with that or is it too "Hollywood" for ya. Too cliche to call him a villain.

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TheLurker -13 points 3 years ago
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DreBeast 13 points 3 years ago

You think you're unique coz you're contrarian and can think for yourself. You're just more interested in being edgy.

And it's not just lemmy, all of media has come out to remember who Kissinger really was. Except for Reuters. They suck.

Anyway, be brave and pick a side. There's no high road here by taking a neutral stance on Kissinger. He was a monster and should be remembered as such.

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TheLurker -11 points 3 years ago
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Natanael 5 points 3 years ago

Why do you feel uncomfortable with criticizing a mass murdering war criminal?

The dude didn't hate communism for their values but for belonging to the enemy. He was a Jew but hated his own people (he said he'd gave been an antisemite if he wasn't born a Jew, with a motivation as asinine as "they must have been doing something wrong to be persecuted for 2000 years", as if he didn't know what propaganda was), including ignoring executions of Jews in USSR.

He personally ordered THOUSANDS of bombings in Cambodia and in many many other countries, was responsible for multiple coups and replacing democratic leaders with dictators (this is not something you do if you genuinely belive in democracy over communism), and was an overall monster.

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TheLurker -6 points 3 years ago
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Brochetudo 5 points 3 years ago

Your comment makes me able to guess your country of origin up to perfect accuracy! Impressive!

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TheLurker -3 points 3 years ago
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madcaesar 2 points 3 years ago

Moronstan.

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TheLurker -4 points 3 years ago
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Draedron 2 points 3 years ago

We know very well what he did in his career which is why we hate him.

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