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There's a massive, massive difference between calling for erasing an entire people simply for existing and fighting a declared military force. No one in the US is going over to wipe out all Arabs

The clash of civilizations rhetoric makes this assertion dubious to most people that are not in the USA. That coupled with the large-scale widespread bombing of much of the world since WW2 and the support of despots engaged in torture and repression makes your fine distinction a cold comfort for hundreds of thousands (we think the price was worth it) of children.

The tendencies revealed in 8chan are a reflection of core values of US civilization.

To pretend otherwise, and agonize over the origins and supposed abnormality of racist genocide in the USA is copper-bottomed duplicity.

I suppose it makes it easier to sleep at night -- _this_ particular genocide is abnormal for us nice folks.



> The tendencies revealed in 8chan are a reflection of core values of US civilization.

To some extent, yes. But then, US civilization is sadly not all that unique.

The major issue is that the US is collapsing. Gradually, over the past few decades, but steadily. And that always creates lots of angry, nihilistic young men. Eventually they'll become cannon fodder.




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