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[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We didn’t like the Reign of Terror because it was the Reign. Of. Terror. Also bribery with the XYZ Affair turned us against the murderous revolutionaries.

We didn’t help the Haitians because of Southern Slavers were scared of that happening to them. If only it did…

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I see you didn't like the earliest examples I could think of with the systemic racism in foreign affairs. How about the utter contempt from Kissinger towards PoC when he was Secretary of State? How's that African neoimperialism? Maybe you'd prefer talking about the "war" in the Philippines? Perhaps you'd like to hear about the absolute refusal for the last 120 years to make Puerto Rico a state? Maybe the US support of Nazi Germany up until 1941 is more to your liking? The genocides of Native Americans that continued into the 70s? The ongoing hypocritical genocide of latino people on our southern border? The oil wars? COINTELPRO tactics being used abroad? I have a lot of examples of racist foreign affairs from the US.

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ok buddy, you’re just saying words by now. Get off Wikipedia and get a life.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Which ones are nonsensical? I'll expand on the topic for you.

[-] Historical_General@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You use text-based social media and deride reading?

:(

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your nuanced view of history that takes continuity of causal events into account. Today I learned about the XYZ affair.

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No problem, it even points out within the first few paragraphs about how the French wanted to seize our ships, adding more reason for American discontempt of the French Revolution. Kinda forgot about that bit.

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