Collision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoGaza Is Set To Torpedo Joe Biden's Claim To A Human Rights Legacywww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down129cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkGaza Is Set To Torpedo Joe Biden's Claim To A Human Rights Legacywww.huffpost.comCollision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepensivepangolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·11 months agoI believe he ruined any such claim with his work on criminal justice legislation long before he endorsed genocide of a captive population.
minus-squarePrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoReality is more complicated than that. The crime bill and the war on drugs at the time had significant support in the black community, including political and religious leaders.
minus-squarepensivepangolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months ago…that has no bearing on the fact that they’re both bad policy as measured by their impact on this country.
I believe he ruined any such claim with his work on criminal justice legislation long before he endorsed genocide of a captive population.
Reality is more complicated than that. The crime bill and the war on drugs at the time had significant support in the black community, including political and religious leaders.
…that has no bearing on the fact that they’re both bad policy as measured by their impact on this country.