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In reply to the discussion: Look, We have zero credibility to be talking moral outrage [View all]MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)6. Hypocrisy should always be of concern to progressives.
Maybe we should take a good long look at how we treat our OWN war criminals, for a change.
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In other words "What others think of me relates to whether I do the right thing or not"
The Straight Story
Sep 2013
#3
Dropping American bombs and missiles on funerals, weddings and first responders,
Maedhros
Sep 2013
#12
Er. Yah. That's pretty much the definition of how people make judgements of other people.
sibelian
Sep 2013
#41
True, but at least we got a new Secretary of Defense and other personnel.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#8
Except for that little fact that oppressed peoples of the world still look to the US
Dreamer Tatum
Sep 2013
#14
We need a huge amount of low ranking people to claim their rights to oppose them.
WHEN CRABS ROAR
Sep 2013
#54
Big brother will not tolerate the temerity of organized opposition to the establishment,
indepat
Sep 2013
#55
A large peaceful general strike will be very hard for the Govt. to control.
WHEN CRABS ROAR
Sep 2013
#57
We also refuse to sign the Land Mine Ban treaty, the US and 35 other countries cling to landmines
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#78
really no less than any other industrilized nation state. and a lot more than many. nt
arely staircase
Sep 2013
#29
There is probably an ulterior motive concerning money that is the real reason.
Kablooie
Sep 2013
#33
"If we were willing to express the least amount of contrition, sorrow or regret"
Martin Eden
Sep 2013
#35
get use to it...the only thing our economy has to sustain us is death....
ElsewheresDaughter
Sep 2013
#62
Yeah, but the Russkies shouldn't be talking, either.....they're about the only ones.................
AverageJoe90
Sep 2013
#67
Slavery, Wounded Knee, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, My Lai, Shock and Awe, Abu Ghraib....
LibDemAlways
Sep 2013
#68