• Hexbollah [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOP
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      11 months ago

      This is mostly about how Liberals get upset with celebrating deaths of people with even if they “totally disagree with them and agree they were bad” like Kissinger or Rumsfeld or whoever. Not saying that conservatives are celebrating Kissinger in particular.

      Though a minority of conservatives hate Kissinger out of a broader sense of isolationism or just anti-Semitism.

      • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        11 months ago

        The difference between hating him for killing millions and hating him for being Jewish is so profound that it warrants some reflection.

        Well, I can excuse killing millions, but

        Kissinger was right to do that, but

        Kissinger didn’t kill enough because

        Regardless of that, he’s

    • LeylaLove [she/her, love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      It’s a split thing. I was taught my antiwar principals by MTG type mincap Dad. He hated Kissinger for being the biggest dealer of death in modern history. I’d expect the crunchy/conspiracy conservatives to hate Kissinger.