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by t-3 182 days ago
> The habit to blame the US/Europe/Jews for everything bad in the world and give a total pass to any other ethnic/political group for their transgressions seems pretty lazy at best, and actively dangerous at worst.

I'm not sure who you're arguing with in your head, but that kind of strawman should stay there rather than being brought into a public forum. Nobody has made any claims even remotely similar to those.
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boxed 180 days ago
You are replying to a thread where I quoted:

> and not the fact that the US has spent 150+ years destabilizing that part of the world.

That's pretty clearly the same thing.

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t-3 180 days ago
No, the Monroe Doctrine has been US policy for 200 years. Everybody learns about it in school and everyone knows what it means. That doesn't mean we

> blame the US/Europe/Jews for everything bad in the world and give a total pass to any other ethnic/political group for their transgressions

Europeans other than the Spanish and Portuguese have little relevance to Latin America, especially in a modern context. Jews haven't been mentioned by anyone. Would you care to elaborate?

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