• SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    It is a trip how alienated you feel being a leftist in the USA when your voice is literally suppressed and pieces of shit like Powell will get remembered as a war hero.

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    First black American war criminal? I know the evil empire has had black soldiers for longer than that.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/buffalo-soldiers

      :amerikkka-clap: world's :amerikkka-clap: most :amerikkka-clap: diverse :amerikkka-clap: genocide :amerikkka-clap:

      • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Cringing from when I unironically thought they were cool. Imagine engaging in genocide and clearing the way for settlers who see you as little better than the "savages".

        Then again, black veterans have often been on the frontlines of Civil Rights and anti-war movements. Though that's little consolation to the victims.

  • CommCat [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Colin Powell is a lot like Bill Cosby, he was presented as a fatherly black man, very acceptable to whites, but in reality he played a big part in the the US empire's worst crimes in recent history.