It makes no sense to say 'Your country was wrong historically when it thought it was OK to exploit & steal from other nations & oppress its people so it is also wrong to think it is better to give women & ethnic, religious & sexual minorities full rights and freedoms.'
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I know it isn't that simple for many people who still feel affected by recent history. At school, my friend's mother did not allow her to talk to German exchange students coz her father had died in the holocaust.
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Cannot blame her for feeling that way but it didn't make it actually reasonable or ethical to blame Germans who weren't born then and who were strongly opposed to fascism and antisemitism.
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