▲ 768 ▼ Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’ (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 4 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 396 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Would you react the same if he killed directly instead of indirectly? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) There's a big difference between Kissinger and Graham, I mentioned this in another reply, but it bears repeating... Kissinger had the power and ability to act alone in his atrocities. Graham, as a member of the Senate, did not have that ability. Whatever evils he enacted, he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President. Kissinger did what he wanted, Graham literally could not on his own. Not saying he did good things, he was a complete tool, but a majority of the Legislative branch signed off on the things he did. Not the same thing at all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 3 weeks ago* he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President. So he was still a bad person but also other people agreed with him and enabled him to do bad stuff This is like saying "Jeff was not a bad person, they would restrain him so he couldn't kill, while Josh was a very bad person because he could kill without restriction" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) There's a big difference between Kissinger and Graham, I mentioned this in another reply, but it bears repeating... Kissinger had the power and ability to act alone in his atrocities. Graham, as a member of the Senate, did not have that ability. Whatever evils he enacted, he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President. Kissinger did what he wanted, Graham literally could not on his own. Not saying he did good things, he was a complete tool, but a majority of the Legislative branch signed off on the things he did. Not the same thing at all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 3 weeks ago* he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President. So he was still a bad person but also other people agreed with him and enabled him to do bad stuff This is like saying "Jeff was not a bad person, they would restrain him so he couldn't kill, while Josh was a very bad person because he could kill without restriction" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 3 weeks ago* he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President. So he was still a bad person but also other people agreed with him and enabled him to do bad stuff This is like saying "Jeff was not a bad person, they would restrain him so he couldn't kill, while Josh was a very bad person because he could kill without restriction" permalink fedilink source parent