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[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 83 points 2 years ago (1 children)

US Embassy officials have admitted to providing Suharto with lists of Communists who were rounded up and executed. Like, that's on Wikipedia.

[–] BovineUniversity@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago

They provided lists for awareness. Who could've known the Indonesians would act completely independently to murder them?

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why is slaughter in quotation marks?

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

us-foreign-policy and the fact they were communists

[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago

Except for a good portion if not even majority of the victims.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Because you can never admit anything.

[–] RION@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago

Donald Trump did not commit insurrection at the capital. He was, however, aware of the "riot" by the angry mob he had encouraged to reject the results of the 2020 election.

Source: Fox News

[–] goose@hexbear.net 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Saying """""slaughter""""" in the smarmiest, most sarcastic voice I can muster, rolling my eyes and doing air quotes with my fingers

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago

The scare quotes around slaughter are the icing on the cake

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those community notes went to shit in like 48 hours it's hilarious to see libs treat them like gospel still

Actually I guess they're basically snopes

[–] Cromalin@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

tbf some of them are very funny and good. not this one though

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago

The ones who came to power afterwards were suspiciously pro US I wonder why. "East Timor Henry Kissinger"

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This shit and wikipedia is literally just the blind leading the blind

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago

Even wikipedia mentions US and Western role

[–] davel@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Woah, AND she was the chair of the board for Signal? fry

[–] davel@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

I try to tell people that Signal is suss.

[–] davel@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

All corporate social media “communities” are fedposting

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

“Encouraged”

[–] robinn_IV@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

The NPR link capybara-theorist

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

Jafarta method

[–] Grandpa_garbagio@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

No one here could've made a better shit post about the subject if they tried

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Saw the lib posting about the pro-Palestine sentiment being entirely based on that all of Indonesia are evil far right islamists and history had nothing to do with this in response.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

"Your honor, I merely tied the damsel to train tracks whilst a train was approaching. I did not squash her, nor did I smear her entrails on the tracks. The train did that. If you must prosecute someone for this regrettable incident, let it be the heinous conductor"

[–] deforestgump@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

NPR News is essentially the State Dept. press office

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Guns don't kill people, people kill people ass argument