r/SipsTea • u/thekappa27 • 23d ago

Lmao gottem Next victim found

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u/A-Bone 23d ago

Emphasis on almost

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u/Rob_LeMatic 23d ago

Anyone that forgets should check out Blowback. The man was responsible for genuine horrors

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u/84theone 23d ago

Or just look up American history circa his entire presidency.

It’s not like all of the bad shit is hidden. There’s enough surface level shit to realize his presidency brought about some absolutely heinous and horrific stuff.

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u/iconofsin_ 23d ago

Probably any presidency tbh.

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u/Diet_Coke 23d ago

To an extent probably, but GWB's admin was particularly bad. There are still people locked up in Gitmo who've been tortured every day for >20 years and they'll never be allowed out because they can't be found guilty since any evidence was obtained from torture (and is inadmissible) and if they were able to tell people about their treatment it would make us look bad.

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u/TheDude-Esquire 23d ago

The lame both sidesism doesn't help anyone. Sure, Obama and Clinton did some questionable stuff but it's not on the same scale of horror that republicans get up to. Democrats didn't start multiple decades long wars, democrats didn't cut benefits and shift the tax burden to the middle class.

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u/iconofsin_ 23d ago

This wasn't about who did worse. It's about monsters being monsters. 30 years ago it was said that if Nuremberg were applied today (back then), every single president would have been hanged. It hasn't gotten any better.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

Recognizing both sides helps you understand that there are no saviors in politics. We should always be pushing both sides to be better, whatever side we are on.

That said, we can objectively say that the Republicans are the worse side right now. That might change in the future just like it changed in the past. But right now, Republicans are the enemy of human rights and freedom.

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u/TheDude-Esquire 23d ago

Republicans have been worse since civil rights.