My take on John McCain is this: we should absolutely be willing to point out his role in damaging many, many lives. He was a public figure. We should also be using this as a chance to educate on the pervasive apologetics of imperialism.
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Basically my point is that it’s one thing to call out McCain, but it’s also worth talking about why we have a culture that demands reflexive elision of his deeds, and how that interacts with imperialism overall
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I don’t care if people do or don’t criticize him. I am interested and concerned with how the whitewashing of history starts so quickly
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I'm still working on that. Marine Corps indoctrination is pretty hardcore.
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