▲ 270 ▼ Chinese coast guard ram and puncture Philippine military boats in disputed shoal (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) Electing a fascist is rich America's privilege, no? I'm speaking of trump just to make that perfectly clear. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FreeFacts@lemmy.world -35 points 2 years ago (4 children) As bad as Trump is, he isn't championing and encouraging extrajudicial killings (at least not yet) like Duterte. That is however something your average Filipino voters were drawn to and supported with thunderous applause. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago What about January 6 permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago His lawyers are literally advocating that he should be able to have political opponents killed what the hell are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) As bad as Trump is, he isn't championing and encouraging extrajudicial killings (at least not yet) like Duterte He IS praising Duterte for it, though. As you implied yourself, Trump getting back in the white house will guarantee extrajudicial killings. Probably as a matter of stated policy rather than just something cops aren't discouraged from. That is however something your average Filipino voters were drawn to and supported with thunderous applause. The country fell for the rhetoric of a demagogue. The US, Russia, Hungary, India, Israel, Belarus, and Japan all elected a fascist demagogue as their leader within the last 10 years. I'm sure you consider some of those shithole countries but would you say that they all are, or do you admit that a country's demagogue leader isn't 1/1 indicative of the country as a whole? permalink fedilink source parent [–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you're a bot right? Nobody is that dumb. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] FreeFacts@lemmy.world -35 points 2 years ago (4 children) As bad as Trump is, he isn't championing and encouraging extrajudicial killings (at least not yet) like Duterte. That is however something your average Filipino voters were drawn to and supported with thunderous applause. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago What about January 6 permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago His lawyers are literally advocating that he should be able to have political opponents killed what the hell are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) As bad as Trump is, he isn't championing and encouraging extrajudicial killings (at least not yet) like Duterte He IS praising Duterte for it, though. As you implied yourself, Trump getting back in the white house will guarantee extrajudicial killings. Probably as a matter of stated policy rather than just something cops aren't discouraged from. That is however something your average Filipino voters were drawn to and supported with thunderous applause. The country fell for the rhetoric of a demagogue. The US, Russia, Hungary, India, Israel, Belarus, and Japan all elected a fascist demagogue as their leader within the last 10 years. I'm sure you consider some of those shithole countries but would you say that they all are, or do you admit that a country's demagogue leader isn't 1/1 indicative of the country as a whole? permalink fedilink source parent [–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you're a bot right? Nobody is that dumb. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago His lawyers are literally advocating that he should be able to have political opponents killed what the hell are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) As bad as Trump is, he isn't championing and encouraging extrajudicial killings (at least not yet) like Duterte He IS praising Duterte for it, though. As you implied yourself, Trump getting back in the white house will guarantee extrajudicial killings. Probably as a matter of stated policy rather than just something cops aren't discouraged from. That is however something your average Filipino voters were drawn to and supported with thunderous applause. The country fell for the rhetoric of a demagogue. The US, Russia, Hungary, India, Israel, Belarus, and Japan all elected a fascist demagogue as their leader within the last 10 years. I'm sure you consider some of those shithole countries but would you say that they all are, or do you admit that a country's demagogue leader isn't 1/1 indicative of the country as a whole? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah you're a bot right? Nobody is that dumb. permalink fedilink source parent