11 5 / 2018

I want to post this comment from the thread on John McCain, because this is a very insightful comment, which deserves to be read and understood. This person is the only person who was able to get above the usual partisan bickering that goes on on CB and get to the hear of the matter. She is  correctly pointing out what is going on with fragmentation of the US, and how indifference towards the fate of the foreigners bleeds into the domestic American politics. You can even see it on CB where anyone who does not support Hillary Clinton is treated with complete contempt:

A says:

May 11, 2018 at 3:42 pm

I’ve been reading up on the history of this torture debate, and what really stood out to me was how this exposed the way America failed to consider anyone aside from themselves as human beings worthy of compassion. It exposed that utter disregard in a profoundly ugly way post 9/11 especially. There were many in the administration at the time of the invasion who didn’t think Iraqis were human beings, who basically said as much when asked about the subject.

Am I really surprised that this culture of casual cruelty has finally come to roost in their own nest? No. It’s what happens when you allow it to run rampant, unchecked and without consequence. It’s what happens when you dehumanize fellow human beings without thinking twice about it. Before long, you find yourself treating the people around you in the exact same way.

This is what this torture “debate” says about America. If Americans are so willing, eager even, to inflict prolonged pain on another person in that way, and they excuse it by saying “they’re not American” it won’t be very long before that turns into, “They’re American but not the type of American that matters.” And that should scare people.

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