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His yes-man entourage (discuss.online)

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[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The list of “American Presidents that weren’t deeply problematic as individuals” is a very short one, and I think the only one I’ve heard a good argument for is ole Jimmy Carter.

But Trump is still magnitudes more problematic than any of the other individuals listed, and it’s whataboutism like yours that led us here.

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Woo! Keep white-washing the Bush admin baby! After all, they only laid the foundational policy for every administration to follow.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago

I would say it was liberal willingness to normalize and even lionise bloodthirsty war criminals like Bush that led us here

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -5 points 4 days ago

Whataboutism? What the heck? I'm saying we shouldn't glorify war criminals in response to a comment glorifying war criminals. Glorifying the people who paved the way for fascism is a very bad way to fight fascism.