On one hand, I do think torture is wrong

But on the other hand, this just feels like more confirmation of Ukraine/US involvement that they’re so outraged about it.

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    Gonna be honest, I’m pretty disappointed by some of the comments some comrades are making excusing torture right now.

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      Condemning reactionaries for only selectively being outraged by torture and then going on to say that torture is alright in this case is pretty jarring.

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        Yeah it’s fucking gross, seeing people with hexbear and .ml usernames posting comments on the level of American patriots post 9/11

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        It’s so easy to say “I support this country’s actions here, where they are defensible, but not here, where they are obviously bad.” And we’re fucking it up!

        What do people think critical support means?

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        3 months ago

        The vast majority of comments in this thread are about how this is a common opinion in this thread and how that opinion is bad. Did comments get deleted???

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        My comment isn’t about the post itself. My comment is about the comments section, where many comrades, some of whom whose opinion I held in regard, are making excuses for, or in a few cases outright supporting, torture.

        These aren’t even the emotional one off rant/rage comments type of thing either, where it can be excused as simply being angry. People are getting pretty defensive and trying pretty damn hard.