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DBoon

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60. meant Uganda
Wed May 1, 2024, 03:22 PM
May 2024


Idi Amin's crimes were well known

In 1971, General Idi Amin overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year regime in which an estimated 300,000 civilians were massacred. His expulsion of all Indian and Pakistani citizens in 1972—along with increasing military expenditures—brought about the country’s economic decline, the impact of which lasted decades.



https://www.history.com/topics/africa/idi-amin
It's all just cosplay and antisemitism BannonsLiver May 2024 #1
Not all of it but most of it Ponietz May 2024 #84
Keep calling American kids pro Hamas protesters & there will be esculation! womanofthehills May 2024 #2
Escalation?1! Oh noes! BannonsLiver May 2024 #3
They aren't going to vote for Dems if that what Dems are constantly saying to them. Cuthbert Allgood May 2024 #18
There's a term for that... Mossfern May 2024 #21
Or...it's called Cuthbert Allgood May 2024 #23
One might say those that attack these student protestors Big Blue Marble May 2024 #89
Like they were going to vote Dem to begin with LOL. These are the same crowd that voted Jill Stein. AnrothElf May 2024 #44
No it's not Cuthbert Allgood May 2024 #56
Yes it is AnrothElf May 2024 #82
Democrats running for office aren't saying that Sugarcoated May 2024 #50
Can they stop chanting to globalize the intifada then? Ace Rothstein May 2024 #5
Yes, please. ShazzieB May 2024 #37
It's nothing new. Back in the 60s we were called, commies, reds, anarchists, traitors, etc. Ping Tung May 2024 #9
"You ever wish you could go back in time" BannonsLiver May 2024 #17
I'm 80. Of course I wish I could. Ping Tung May 2024 #31
Where does the op say anything about American kids being called terrorists? ShazzieB May 2024 #30
Rec. nt LexVegas May 2024 #4
Anti genocide. Voltaire2 May 2024 #6
Post removed Post removed May 2024 #16
They don't care about any ethnic group, unless they can criticize Jews about it. n/t Coventina May 2024 #27
DING DING DING DING DING!!! We have a winner! AnrothElf May 2024 #45
"They don't care when Jewish people are killed, and apparently neither do you" --wow obamanut2012 May 2024 #69
Why did you not mention Xinjiang before the destruction of Gaza and negative response to actions of Israel? PufPuf23 May 2024 #83
1979: Note that anti apartheid protestors don't give a damn about Rwandan genocide DBoon May 2024 #7
No one knew about the Rwandan genocide in 1979 because Jose Garcia May 2024 #24
meant Uganda DBoon May 2024 #58
1994: Rwandan genocide sarisataka May 2024 #26
meant Uganda DBoon May 2024 #60
Pretty big miss sarisataka May 2024 #65
How about not? ShazzieB May 2024 #34
Groups working against apartheid WERE called Communist DBoon May 2024 #59
The pro Palestinian protesters are not communists. wnylib May 2024 #67
Pro-Hamas Protesters? Jesus freakin Christ. Duncan Grant May 2024 #8
Well it helps when you need a narrative Voltaire2 May 2024 #11
Is occupying and trashing a building peaceful? TomSlick May 2024 #28
Or blocking Jewish students from their own campus? ShazzieB May 2024 #39
Initially, this was peaceful. Duncan Grant May 2024 #42
College administrators over-reacting is to be expected. TomSlick May 2024 #93
When they hang a banner that says "Intifada" it's kind of hard not to see a pro-Hamas sentiment Coventina May 2024 #29
Why would anyone want to shift the attention away from Gaza? Duncan Grant May 2024 #35
They delegitimized themselves. n/t Coventina May 2024 #41
And there are still millions contemplating recent history. Duncan Grant May 2024 #48
Right? ShazzieB May 2024 #36
Yes. Pro-Hamas protesters. As in screaming "WE ARE HAMAS!" over and over and banging a bowl. AnrothElf May 2024 #49
The big picture protest? Not exclusively pro-Hamas protestors. Duncan Grant May 2024 #52
Could've fooled me. AnrothElf May 2024 #54
Seriously, some folks need to go touch grass obamanut2012 May 2024 #71
And does anyone care about Sudan? Easterncedar May 2024 #10
It is pathetic whataboutism. Voltaire2 May 2024 #12
Exactly Easterncedar May 2024 #13
But apparently right on the money. BannonsLiver May 2024 #19
Sudan enid602 May 2024 #40
The caring about the continuing actual genocide in Sudan revmclaren May 2024 #57
UN enid602 May 2024 #75
They also don't seem to care about the fact mcar May 2024 #14
Or that the enemies of our democracy are at the front door. BannonsLiver May 2024 #20
And that they are going to throw the election mcar May 2024 #22
Well-spotted, mcar Hekate May 2024 #88
Kick and Rec JustAnotherGen May 2024 #15
You know why. maxsolomon May 2024 #25
You forgot one group: "Just want the war to end" without thinking too much about cause and effect LeftInTX May 2024 #66
pro-hamas?????????????????????????????????????????????? TomDaisy May 2024 #32
so now anti-genocide is PRO-HAMAS???????????????????????????/ TomDaisy May 2024 #33
There's that word again... PCIntern May 2024 #43
I am a witness to the genocide being committed in Gaza. TomDaisy May 2024 #46
Words have meanings. It's impossible to take you seriously when you refuse to use them. AnrothElf May 2024 #53
So you don't care about Oct 7th. Only what Oct 7th caused. AZLD4Candidate May 2024 #55
35,000 dead out of 2.1 million inhabitants in a six-month conflict. That's a pretty slow, inefficient genocide. Jedi Guy May 2024 #64
That's actually pretty cogent, Jedi Guy Hekate May 2024 #90
Thank you, Hekate. Jedi Guy May 2024 #95
Yeah. PCIntern May 2024 #91
Shortcuts to rational thought H2O Man May 2024 #38
Really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one Prairie Gates May 2024 #47
Notice how they also don't ever mention cancer? ExciteBike66 May 2024 #51
They seem only minorly concerned with baby seals as well Prairie Gates May 2024 #61
Crap, i haven't thought about baby seals in years, i must be a monster. ExciteBike66 May 2024 #70
Why clump all the protestors into one homogenous group? Redleg May 2024 #62
Nope, but I also don't think they are targetting Jewish students with bullying or harassment. AZLD4Candidate May 2024 #63
Yes, they are, as per your OP's rationale obamanut2012 May 2024 #73
Your OP disagrees with this comment Redleg May 2024 #96
"Pro-Hamas protestors" -- oh boy obamanut2012 May 2024 #68
Israel needs to stop bombing Gaza, killing thousands of innocent people, including children. GumboYaYa May 2024 #72
So is the prevailing plan going forward ripcord May 2024 #74
No, that is just strawman nonsense. First stop killing innocent people. GumboYaYa May 2024 #76
Leaving Hamas fully intact to attack Israel as they have promised ripcord May 2024 #77
Israel needs to stop killing innocent civilians. GumboYaYa May 2024 #78
So you are supporting more terror attacks from Hamas? ripcord May 2024 #79
More strawman nonsense. GumboYaYa May 2024 #86
But does Hamas need to stop attacking Israel? thucythucy May 2024 #81
Yes and Israel needs to stop killing innocent Palestinians. GumboYaYa May 2024 #85
That would affirm Hamas strategy. nt LexVegas May 2024 #80
what should the remedy be? ecstatic May 2024 #87
Whataboutism. Lunabell May 2024 #92
We supply Israel 4 billion a year since the 70's with military aid. Eko May 2024 #94
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