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Originally Posted by Bingo
Well the man has been consistently anti-US foreign policy through eight administrations and now five decades.
That's pretty consistent.
The man may think they make the best kick ass hamburger in the US but that doesn't really detract from his anti Americanism, does it?
It all gets back to my middle 60% theory that seems to have caused so many so much angst. I have a lot easier time swallowing an opinion or factoid from a guy that doesn't spend all his time railing against something come hell or high water. He has a history of scapegoating left leaning governments regardless of their atrocities and giving no benefit of the doubt to anything from a western democracy.
That's a pattern and a concern if you use this guy as your primary source.
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What left wing governments has he scapegoated?
Perhaps his vehement opposition to US Foreign Policy over the last 8 presidential administrations has something to do with the destructive nature of American foreign policy? Perhaps he rails against it with such vigor because it is a vessel for human suffering all over the world?
The 60 percent argument is garbage. You're actively reinforcing your own ignorance by refusing to even acknowledge information that isn't the status quo. That's the type of thinking that produced the dark ages.
By dismissing '20%' of the argument on both sides, you're only getting just over half of the conversation. Is that not terrifying?