• pandapoo@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    Winston Churchill was a genuinely awful human being and a war criminal prior to WWII.

    He lucked out by also being a moderately competent wartime leader, who gets to be juxtaposed against Hitler for eternity.

    Also, Brett Stephens is a bed bug and has a terrible track record of properly handling public backlash to his writing. I hope dark days are ahead for him.

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      24 days ago

      Yeah I know he’s not an angel and is in the example specifically due to the juxtaposition.

      I understand someone brings this up everytime Churchill is mentioned in a good light, so out of curiosity: who would be a better comparable figurehead? Joseph? Franklin? Neville? Albert?

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      24 days ago

      Also, Brett Stephens is a bed bug

      Wow we’re just going to allow blatant antisemitism on here /s