"I don't like Maduro, but-;"
Stop right there. Shut the fuck up.
Sit with your feelings. Reflect on the fact that your opinion on Maduro, as an American, does not - and will never - matter.
Until you do that, you're just acting as a mouthpiece of US Empire, nitpicking decorum.
No. Chicago can't do what Portland is doing.
No. LA couldn't have done what Portland is doing.
No. NYC won't be able to do what Portland is doing when their turn comes.
Portland, Oregon is 67% white ppl.
Liberals who frame their hagiographies of CK with "I disagreed with him" aren't signaling their respect for the sanctity of life.
They're expressing open scorn for millions of people whose existences are not mere "disagreements," and whose lives are not up for fucking debate.
- "Should hundreds of thousands of Palestinians be systematically exterminated?"
- "Should 10 y.o. children be forced to carry their rapist's baby to term?"
- "Should trans ppl be alive or dead?"
All of these questions have only one correct answer.
Liberals who frame their hagiographies of CK with "I disagreed with him" aren't signalling their respect for the sanctity of life.
They're expressing open scorn for millions of people whose existences are not mere "disagreements", and whose lives are not up for fucking debate.
- "Should millions of Palestinians be systematically exterminated?"
- "Should 10 yo children be forced to carry their rapist's baby to term?"
- "Should trans ppl be alive or dead?"
All of these questions have only one correct answer.
It didn't stop with Truman either.
Megalomaniacal nuclear bullying has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy ever since.
In 1954, Eisenhower even offered nukes to France to punish Vietnam for winning its independence.
(France declined).
80 yrs ago, Truman committed one of the greatest atrocities of all time.
According to pop history, the decision to drop nukes on Japan haunted him for all his days. It's remembered as a great and noble burden.
In reality, Truman loved having the power to wage Armageddon.