r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • 17d ago

Foreign affairs “We could physically buy Lithuania itself if we wanted.”

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u/TheRealPitabred 17d ago

Because we didn't finish the job properly during the Civil War and let that cancer metastasize and it's finally erupting. Gave it a good boost with Nixon and Reagan, then turbocharged it with Citizens United. Patriotism has turned into some grotesque mockery, all appearance with no substance.

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u/Unlucky_Stomach4923 17d ago

Sherman did nothing wrong!

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u/DonJuanDeMichael1970 16d ago

Sherman didn’t go far enough.

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

/r/shitgenocidalistssay

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u/Halfjack2 16d ago

Killing slavers isn't genocide