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how many people in north korean death camps

I’m sorry but this is a childish explanation

I think it's a good explanation for Bush's motivation, but maybe he really cared about starting democracy in Iraq, I guess I'll never know. There certainly weren't weapons of mass destruction. But he used that idea that were WMDs and the climate of unity from the 9/11 attack to get Congress to go along with the invasion of Iraq.

Chomsky’s

The genocide denier, cool.

I don't think I need to apologize for everything America is done. I don't support our friendship with Saudi Arabia. We are clearly valuing oil over human rights with that relationship. I'm fine with criticizing my country because I want it to improve. I definitely want our government to do better and reform is obviously the answer.

Fuck America and fuck everything it stands for.

There is definitely an argument for changing the political and economic structures of the United States, but that's not the argument you seem to be making. It seems like you arguing America's ethical and moral issues disqualify it from being recognized for any of its accomplishments, standard of living, or stability it's brought. The narrative you're pushing doesn't account for the hundreds of millions of people living in the US, it's like they don't exist at all to you. We are more than just the foreign policy decisions of our government. And we don't agree with all of them, that's for sure.

I double checked the thread to make sure. This is where the discussion started.

We aren’t going to tolerate intolerance in this instance. I personally don’t have a problem with communists. But I do have a problem with authoritarian communists. If you think me making this distinction is acting in bad faith, then you might run into more issues than just me here.

Feel free to keep criticizing America, that's not an issue. It's a fun national pass time. We get to do that in the US because we value our freedoms here. I can go around criticizing America in public whenever I want and I think it's in the interest of my country if I do so.

Your defense of North Korea has done you no favors in my book if you want to be taken seriously. You would end up in a death camp if you publicly criticized North Korea the way you criticize America. Yet here in America you wouldn't face any backlash from the government for your criticism. And you could go around saying how great North Korea is in American and the government wouldn't stop you.