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omg they made lemmy political
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Likely yes
Most of the founding fathers were slave owners so that's a yes to that as well
Americans called it a slave auction
Of course not. They were America so why would they say "death to us"? It was more like "death to England and the tyrant King George".
Life isn't black and white.
The whole encyclopedia of whataboutism in one comment. Respect
How is this "whataboutism"? They gave instances for every one of your hypotheticals.
I do think that Hamas and Houthis are generally vile human-beings and that the West should not be cheering for the Shia muslim faction. But it is also true that they represent freedom fighters to some - especially those in Palestine currently being murdered (genocide) so Israel can have more living space
You asked, I answered. Simple as.
That's not how whataboutism works.
Yeah, that's not what whataboutism is. The person was asked several questions, and they answered them. They even quoted each individual question before answering it.
Don't ask the questions if you don't want them answered lmao