• Kellenved@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      I have empathy for the people whose lives were made miserable by republican policies graham championed and I celebrate one less champion of those policies fucking people over

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        21 hours ago

        There’s a big difference between Kissinger and Graham, I mentioned this in another reply, but it bears repeating…

        Kissinger had the power and ability to act alone in his atrocities.

        Graham, as a member of the Senate, did not have that ability. Whatever evils he enacted, he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President.

        Kissinger did what he wanted, Graham literally could not on his own.

        Not saying he did good things, he was a complete tool, but a majority of the Legislative branch signed off on the things he did. Not the same thing at all.

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          18 hours ago

          he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President.

          So he was still a bad person but also other people agreed with him and enabled him to do bad stuff

          This is like saying “Jeff was not a bad person, they would restrain him so he couldn’t kill, while Josh was a very bad person because he could kill without restriction”