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Originally Posted by Original Position
Two points. The left have their own history of excusing or downplaying atrocities committed by leftist governments.
Point taken.
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This is unfortunately just a common feature of all political ideologies.
You have to recognize the use of violence, which always includes atrocities, is differentiated from the right to the left.
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Second, in politics, hypocrisy is only a minor sin. Much more important is whether someone is supporting good policy now, not whatever they said in the past.
Well, what really matters is intent and integrity. Unfortunately these can only be indirectly judged. Obama calling for protests now is rich indeed. Between that and his putting troops in Poland it seems like Barrack Obama is turning into "The Rock" Obama because what is happening to the population, but because he is upset he has failed
his true masters. It's not about the people to him, it's about his patronage network having to take a back seat.
The opposition to Trump does not need to be led by those seek nothing but the reinstatement of the failure of democracy which allowed Trump an entry. Those people need to take a back seat because they are done. The nomination of Hillary Clinton was the apotheosis of their moral detachment and signals the beginning of their irrelevancy.