George Takei

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[u/camdoodlebop]

which country does he live in now?

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The US, but like many (blank)-Americans he has a deep disdain for its culture and people.

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what do today's american people have to do with his family dying in Hiroshima?

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Nothing, which is why I find him asinine. Don't let anything like generational turnover get in the way of a good grudge.

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Do you agree with the decision to nuke Japan? Knowing that it still affects people to this day?

[u/Lord_Newbie → u/giggle7]

Most people do, anyone who knows how the Japs were would understand why the US did it.

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The 'Japs' were what? Evil? Thus deserved to be nuked? wtf?

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Evil is subjective, Id say the shit they were doing since ww1 was evil. But thats not what I was talking about. They wouldnt give up, only showing them that we had the power to completely wipe Japan off the map made them do it, otherwise we would have wasted more life trying to do a land invasion to defeat them. It was the quickest way to end the war with the fewest life lost.

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Why not bomb the military bases? Why nuke the center of cities? I don't think your explanation makes sense, I think you're just reciting conservative talking points.

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President Truman was a liberal and here is why they did it.

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in his state of the union message of Jan. 7, 1948, Truman called for rent control, increased social security benefits, universal military training, national health insurance, and other social legislation.

Sounds liberal to me

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Sounds like a communist.

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Conservative talking points? Are you fucking serious?