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      10 days ago

      They’re not, but genocide is also a very American act gestures at manifest destiny. My point isn’t that entities hostile to America are good guys by default, but that so-called American values are and have always been a farce and that supporting or opposing something depending on its "American-ness’ is illogical.

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        How are the American-ness values of liberty, arms, and the right to overthrow tyrants “insane” or “illogical”?

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          Because those are what Americans think they believe in, not what they actually believe in when push comes to shove. You overthrow an American-aligned tyrant and you’re suddenly a terrorist, the wrong people wield guns and they’re suddenly taken away (see: Black Panthers) and I’d certainly like someone to tell the prison-industrial complex about the liberty stuff. Americans like to call these “American values,” but if you care at all about these values and take even a cursory look through America’s history and at its modern states, the only logical conclusion is to hate America’s guts. Therefore, being un-American or anti-American says nothing about one’s disposition towards tyranny or liberty.

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            Then let’s hope to end hypocrisy as well, because the publication in the source wants to oppress by disarmament.