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RockRaven

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8. Some of these media takes are embarrassingly bad. I just read a BBC News article which said

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:06 AM

Jul 2022

he was unpopular with the public in China and South Korea because of his hawkish military stance. That is beyond euphemism -- it's a fucking lie. He's unpopular with those people because he is the grandson of a notorious war criminal and has been a loud, persistent, unapologetic war crimes denialist and gaslighter.

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the Wiki page Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #1

The most offensive thing is his whitewashing of Japanese war crimes in WW ll. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #2

Quite. Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #3

No nation involved in WWII is without atrocities. alphafemale Jul 2022 #6

Read The Rape of Nanking Thtwudbeme Jul 2022 #9

Civilians burned alive in Dresden alphafemale Jul 2022 #11

And how did you infer that from anything I wrote? Thtwudbeme Jul 2022 #12

I don't think anybody is as bad a Trump. He is a special kind of evil. FM123 Jul 2022 #4

I deplore political violence and the assassinations of political leaders. Just A Box Of Rain Jul 2022 #5

exactly soryang Jul 2022 #7

Some of these media takes are embarrassingly bad. I just read a BBC News article which said RockRaven Jul 2022 #8

Apparently Jim Jordan is sad purr-rat beauty Jul 2022 #10

IMHO worse than Trump because he was part of a political dynasty, right-wing party, and nationalist barbaraann Jul 2022 #13