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choie

(6,908 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:04 PM Jan 26

I just watched the documentary "Cover-up" about the journalist Seymour Hersch

And it recounted the numerous stories that Hersh covered, including the horrors like My Lai and Abu Graib that were commited by U.S. armed forces in our name, and excused by government officials. Then I got to thinking: Anybody who says that what the thugs ICE have done in Minnesota is an anomaly, need only look back at our history. The only difference is that it's on U.S. soil and some of the targets are American.

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I just watched the documentary "Cover-up" about the journalist Seymour Hersch (Original Post) choie Jan 26 OP
Is it streaming? nt Ilsa Jan 26 #1
It's on Netflix choie Jan 26 #2
Thank you, I'll watch it soon. nt Ilsa Jan 26 #5
yes........ Cover-Up - Official Trailer - Netflix Celerity Jan 26 #3
Thank you, I'll watch it soon. nt Ilsa Jan 26 #6
I remember saying to my mother ... Intractable Jan 26 #4
They've done plenty of horrific things in country the entire time. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 26 #7
The other issue: choie Jan 26 #8

Intractable

(2,114 posts)
4. I remember saying to my mother ...
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:18 PM
Jan 26

it's never been this bad - climate change, energy crises, authoritarianism, economic collapse, blah, blah, blah.

She said, "It's always been this bad, sometimes worse. You're too young to remember Vietnam. We were fighting in the streets."

BlueTsunami2018

(4,992 posts)
7. They've done plenty of horrific things in country the entire time.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:09 PM
Jan 26

This Minnesota thing only seems new to white liberals because they’ve never had to experience what minority groups have been dealing with for hundreds of years.

choie

(6,908 posts)
8. The other issue:
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:18 PM
Jan 26

Nobody is ever held accountable, save a few lower level perpetrators. We don’t seem to learn that accountability is vital to showing the thugs at all levels that they’ll face justice.

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