We can assume how hexbear users feel about themselves. I’d be more interested in how local users feel.

  • iie [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    first, the US engaged in a war of aggression and probably not specifically a genocide in Iraq. This is a real difference of kind.

    The other difference is that one actually happened and the other did not.

    Also, if we were about to go to war with China, I bet it would suddenly become obvious to a lot of people that the US has been making shit up since the trade war started.

    pretty obvious

    iirc around 76% of Americans supported the Iraq war.

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      2 years ago

      The other difference is that one actually happened and the other did not.

      Oh my fucking god, this is so fucking tedious. China has said outright they’re doing stuff that might qualify as genocide, they just disagree about the definition/whether it counts. It’s not nearly as cut and dry as you seem to think.

      iirc around 76% of Americans supported the Iraq war.

      Yeah, i was around, i remember. That people refused to see doesn’t make it goddamn obvious. It was a real Emperor’s new clothes situation.