• MagicShel@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    Americans are a pretty diverse lot. I don’t remember any calls for attacking Palestine after 9/11. I’ll take your word for it, but certainly no one in even my craziest right wing circles was saying that, so it was a vocal tiny minority. I spoke out against attacking Iraq. And against our use of torture.

    Also I certainly haven’t forgotten Ukraine. Nor have I forgotten how we fucked over the Kurds. I haven’t forgotten the Uyghurs or Tibet. I’m concerned about Taiwan. I haven’t forgotten about our mistreatment of Okinawans. The Bahamas. I could go on about the atrocities that my country has either perpetrated or profited from or at best been indifferent toward. There is just fuck all that I can personally do about any of it other than speak out to my friends and family.

    Don’t paint us all with one brush. The actions you see America take don’t represent every single one of us. Often they don’t even reflect the majority view.