kersplomp@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL The United States was responsible for the majority of documented electoral interventionslocken.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1353
arrow-up1353external-linkTIL The United States was responsible for the majority of documented electoral interventionslocken.m.wikipedia.orgkersplomp@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThe Holomodor is truly an horrific genocide of the Ukrainian people caused by the Soviets. The US has perpetrated or backed the following genocides: The Native American genocide African and African American genocide in the US The Palestinian genocide The Bangladeshi genocide The Guatemalan genocide The Yemeni genocide Not even getting into the mass death caused by American sanctions.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAre we going back to the 1600-1800s? If so I think the list of Eurasian/Russian (in whatever form) fuckery and murder is quite long as well. Probably best not to take high ground on that
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere is no high ground here.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoSo let’s not stand on the idea of one country “far exceeding” another, when that claim is anything but clear cut.
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoOk. Lots of folks doing the exact same thing in retort, including you.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoNo, I saw high grounding, and called it out by example. You said 'far exceeds" and that’s a silly goose thing to say
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThanks I still see “Nope, Russia is far worse.”
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDrop those quotes, I didn’t say that. Junk approach, junk position, junk attempt.
Uh holomodor calling, as example.
The Holomodor is truly an horrific genocide of the Ukrainian people caused by the Soviets.
The US has perpetrated or backed the following genocides:
Not even getting into the mass death caused by American sanctions.
Are we going back to the 1600-1800s? If so I think the list of Eurasian/Russian (in whatever form) fuckery and murder is quite long as well.
Probably best not to take high ground on that
There is no high ground here.
So let’s not stand on the idea of one country “far exceeding” another, when that claim is anything but clear cut.
Ok. Lots of folks doing the exact same thing in retort, including you.
No, I saw high grounding, and called it out by example.
You said 'far exceeds" and that’s a silly goose thing to say
Thanks I still see “Nope, Russia is far worse.”
Drop those quotes, I didn’t say that.
Junk approach, junk position, junk attempt.