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OftenBen  ·  3717 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Drones

Absolutely hilarious tag in reference.

Personally, I find the focus on the unmanned drones strange. There is still a human 'pulling the trigger' so to speak, and in my mind it doesn't change the actual violent act at all. I would guess that there is a profound difference on how the people being attacked feel about it, but it seems hypocritical to me to care all that much about the feelings of the people you're killing.

Also, Obama has done some good, and a lot of bad. I feel that he isn't held to the same standards as presidents past for a multitude of reasons, including, but/and certainly not limited to, his race, and the fact he came after 8 years of Bush. I find this absolutely agonizing. The drones are not the greatest evil of this administration, it's all the other domestic stuff, the stuff that paves the way for more authoritarian, less good looking (Because let's face it, that's a factor)/charismatic, administrations.

It's too early for this, I haven't had enough stimulants and my blood sugar is low, everything is terrible.