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In addition to the other commenter's suggestion, some people may simply find it reprehensible to defend the sweeping under the rug of a state-sponsored violent
by mustacheemperor 6y ago
In addition to the other commenter's suggestion, some people may simply find it reprehensible to defend the sweeping under the rug of a state-sponsored violent chainsaw murder of a WaPo journalist for the sake of realpolitik.
Lots of grey comments all over in this thread. Not a very balanced discussion...Or maybe balanced in how much everyone is downvoting one another?
- dmix 6y agoI mean they still aren’t really doing anything about it other than US intelligence formally acknowledging it happened. Nothing will fundamentally be different from before today without actual consequences, it was already globally known and well established. The Turks had a wiretap in the murder room! Not much to get upset about. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/biden-mbs-khashoggi.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/biden-mbs-kha...
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoUnfortunately, I don't think we're quite past the point where any comment related to US politics is presumed to be partisan activism for or against the previous administration. Hopefully in a few months it'll have simmered down.