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hay rick

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12. The discussion frame has gone from illegal war to war crime to double tap.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 01:11 PM

Dec 2025

"Finishing the job" is offered as a reasonable adult point of view. The constant repetition turns these murders into just another video game. They don't have to convince everybody that these murders are necessary, just enough to make it seem respectable.

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Desensitizing, brutalizing. Yesterday, I read a DU post about a story [View all] niyad Dec 2025 OP

It's from an excellent op-ed by Phil Klay. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2025 #1

Thank you! I looked, but couldn't find it again. niyad Dec 2025 #3

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Thanks for sharing. yellow dahlia Dec 2025 #21

That shit has been going on for ages. Turbineguy Dec 2025 #2

As has been frequently said on DU dlk Dec 2025 #4

Yes, I agree. They showed all the snuff films. Walleye Dec 2025 #10

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Especially if you dehumanize them by labeling them "terrorists." surfered Dec 2025 #6

Narco-terrorists "criminal illegal aliens." surprised they haven't thought up another hateful adjective to put in there Walleye Dec 2025 #11

Authoritarians have to change public perspectives on the use of violence, tell them it's for the good of the nation. Timeflyer Dec 2025 #7

Maybe this is why IT is always referring to people he doesn't like as "animals". The same as LoisB Dec 2025 #8

There are a lot of us who will never be desensitized Six117 Dec 2025 #9

The discussion frame has gone from illegal war to war crime to double tap. hay rick Dec 2025 #12

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