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Tell that to the last President.
by Simulacra 6y ago
Tell that to the last President.
- ssully 6y agoThat isn't as good of a rebuttal as you think it is.
- msie 6y agoTwo wrongs don't make a right.
- koolba 6y agoSure but they go a long way to discredit the sincerity of sudden changes in people’s positions when the only thing different is the chief executive.
- IvyMike 6y agoYou say "the only thing different" is the chief executive, but... https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/nielsens-rhetoric-on-family-separations/ https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/nielsens-rhetoric-on-famil... (If you don't like factcheck.org, fine, but the facts have been widely reported elsewhere as well.) I don't think that this gives cover to either Obama or Bush for any abuses of the system under their administration, but suddenly changing to a zero tolerance policy and massively widening the scope of family separation counts as a difference, no?
- sudosysgen 6y agoYes, Obama did a lot of bad things, and his office disillusioned a lot of people (including me). Now, what does that have to do with the point you were replying to?
- IvyMike 6y agoI never understand this retort--how is a long gone administration any excuse for continuing reprehensible behavior? I mean, if you think this is a bad practice, shouldn't we end it now? And if you don't think it is a bad practice, why feign anger at the previous administration?
- spoopyskelly 6y agoDon't worry, if Biden somehow manages to stumble into the White House this will continue under him too.
- Aloha 6y agoTrump is president now, why then, is he continuing the practice?