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skinster wrote:You have a tendency to say that about journalists/activists you once like and get upset with because they report things in ways that deviate from your worldview.
Perhaps it's you who's wrong? :?:
I knew exactly what POD meant when he stated what he did, meaning in the ME.
jimjam wrote:let's not forget the Vietnam war
Drlee wrote:The people who believe that imperialism is wrong are generally not those suffering under a repressive regime.
I am certain the people of the Philippines are very happy that the US decided to reassert it empire on their island in 1944.
And in my experience, this is precisely the case: all the Latino migrants I grew up with were very critical of imperialism in part because they had to live under a dictatorship and eventually had to flee.
Drlee wrote:Of course these people you grew up with were Mestizo and not Native Americans. I see how one could long for the days of human sacrifice, no medical care, frequent famine, absolute rulers and the very real chance that they might wind up with their heads rolling down a pyramid. Sound so lovely and bucolic I can see why they hated the Spanish.
Drlee wrote:The people who believe that imperialism is wrong are generally not those suffering under a repressive regime.
And then Sivad wrote:No, these assholes cross the line when they become apologists for corrupt and oppressive regimes in the name of anti-imperialism.
Their stupid bullshit only serves to discredit the entire movement and makes it that much harder for serious people to make the case against imperialism.
Is it so difficult to admit that the USA acted badly in many ways regarding its false belief that they had a right to determine other nations political choices? Why is that so hard for you to admit?
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