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hour_of_the_rat t1_je7wvli wrote

Where's Boston Magazine's tribute to the Iraq War and the 1,000,000 Iraqis who died, and the ~2,000 US troops?

What's that?

Oh! We only want to honor things that reinforce how good we feel about ourselves. Got it.

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10lbCheeseBurger t1_je8brd8 wrote

Unsurprisingly, they still refuse to acknowledge that in 1997 Tommy O'Conner stole my pencil in math class and then when I took it back he told the teacher I was the one who stole it. Those fucking cowards have been silent on the matter for 26 years.

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IDCFFSGTFO t1_je96gha wrote

What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?

Also, who fucking feels good about the marathon bombing?

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raven_785 t1_je82e95 wrote

Where is your tribute to the victims of the Black Death?

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hour_of_the_rat t1_je97v8n wrote

Because a natural plague that occurred 700 years ago is the same as an illegal war that happened twenty years ago.

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CommonNotCommons t1_je9g7y9 wrote

Because an illegal war that happened twenty years ago is the same as a terrorist attack on our specific city from half as long ago

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josef_k___ t1_je9bzpl wrote

It was just recently the 20Y anniversary of the Iraq invasion, clearly one of the greatest crimes of the century (when you go to the Security Council, get rejected, then still do it, I don't know what else to say), not widely covered in the media (PBS and Democracy Now had some time devoted to it, others I'm sure as well, specifically on the question: why did we do it -- to try to show we're still the superpower was the unfortunate answer from a top analyst)...still, your comment here is in poor taste.

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Conan776 t1_je824cq wrote

I feel ya, but of course Boston Mag was gonna do a 10 year anniversary thing on these morons.

For Iraq introspection and remembering all our democratically elected morons who got us into that dumb and illegal war, you and I will just have to settle for the Useful Idiots podcast, or Breaking Points, etc.

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ivb97 t1_je9mwv7 wrote

“On these morons”

…the victims of a bombing are morons? Wow

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Conan776 t1_jec57gm wrote

I was talking about the bombers, obviously.

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ivb97 t1_jecix4u wrote

The tribute is to victims obviously so you’re statement didn’t make sense contextually. But also, kind of strange to be angry about a magazine cover in remembrance of a tragic event 🧐

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Conan776 t1_jecodpj wrote

>kind of strange to be angry about a magazine cover in remembrance of a tragic event

I completely agree.

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