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What widely-praised historical figure do you think was actually not very admirable when you scrutinize them? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Mother Theresa, Barack Obama, Winston Churchill, and Ronald Reagan to name the first few that occur to me before coffee. I can probably think of less obvious ones later.

Edit: Y'all I miss The Before Times too and it's great we were able to get a nonwhite POTUS; I was talking about his drone strike and deportation track record more than anything else.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The stories that Christopher Hitchens told about Mother Teresa were largely made up. For example, the reason that her hospices didn't give opiate painkillers to their patients wasn't a belief that poor people deserve to be in pain ... it was that they weren't doctors, so they could not legally possess opiates. India has drug laws too!

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  • [+] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    how you think the USA has a moral or legal right to prevent people from entering the country, while denying native american / first nations claims for land or reparations?

    I have a lot of questions, but this is the main one

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