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25 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

The Royal family of Sweden awards the Nobel Prize (in the ceremony). A figurehead is still part of the government. Most of his controversial views are on full display in his literature. Look at the titles of the some of his works, and then look up some famous viewpoints he takes in them. 

 

That simply isn't how this works ...

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1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

 

USA has awarded Medals of Honor for the Wounded Knee massacre.

One of the most controversial calls in US history. Which says something.

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9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

USA has awarded Medals of Honor for the Wounded Knee massacre. That's the ultimate kick in the teeth when it comes to "gallantry & life risk above the call of duty" :lol:

It is. It was at time in which we still failed to admit that Native Americans were people just the same as us. I wish we would revoke those, but obviously Trump is probably pro-Genocide so...

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10 minutes ago, Agger said:

 

That simply isn't how this works ...

How does it work then?

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2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

It is. It was at time in which we still failed to admit that Native Americans were people just the same as us. I wish we would revoke those, but obviously Trump is probably pro-Genocide so...

Right, so every president who didn't revoke that is pro-genocide, that's a new one :p 

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9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Right, so every president who didn't revoke that is pro-genocide, that's a new one :p 

To be fair, most already were based off their decisions in Latin America, Asia, Oceania, and at home. 

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10 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

To be fair, most already were based off their decisions in Latin America, Asia, Oceania, and at home. 

Pro-genocide. Yeah, sure :)

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34 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

It is. It was at time in which we still failed to admit that Native Americans were people just the same as us. I wish we would revoke those, but obviously Trump is probably pro-Genocide so...

 

Clinton & Obama did nothing to revoke these Medals either so? :dunno:

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I beginning to think that the GOP watched Chernobyl, and thought “yes, those comrades are telling the truth, they are the good guys”. I mean we’re almost some of lies the Soviets tried to sell over the years. You can hear the staff of show laughing in the background about 10/15 seconds into the clip!

 

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1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

I beginning to think that the GOP watched Chernobyl, and thought “yes, those comrades are telling the truth, they are the good guys”. I mean we’re almost some of lies the Soviets tried to sell over the years. You can hear the staff of show laughing in the background about 10/15 seconds into the clip!

 

The amount of people saying that, since Ted Cruz believes in fake narratives, he must actually be the Zodiac Killer, is killing me right now. Lindsey Graham and him are so far up Trumps ass that it must give him pains at night.

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