If your point is that US policy is already maximally bad, it's a weak point.
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Replying to @willwilkinson @emmettrensin and
My point is that the rhetorical concession you fear was made under George W. Bush.
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @emmettrensin and
It wasn't! Denied torture was torture to the end. Trump's like, Let's torture!
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Replying to @willwilkinson @emmettrensin and
affirmed the value of those bad things before. Even if it shied away from word "torture."
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @willwilkinson and
Compared to Trump even Bush/Cheney affirmations were euphemistic.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @willwilkinson and
So now your position is past US leaders openly praised crimes and violence (cont)
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @willwilkinson and
No: examples you cited still seem euphemistic, not "openly praised"
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Replying to @investmntwanker @austinjmichaels and
Nope. Nobody is saying that.
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Nope. I explicitly said this was "ignoble tradition." It paved way to Trump, who is taking it to another level.
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