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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by XalvinX on Sunday June 24, 2018 @09:49AM (#17386547)
Well, you know, they were either "not human" (or 3/5 in some cases) or "terrorists" or "reds" (those millions in Laos and Cambodia must have fell in that category, one would hope) or something like that. Not sure how they categorized those 200,000 or so peasants in Guatemala, but hey, out of sight, out mind, eh?
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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by emidln on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:48AM (#17386758)
In recent US history as well as ancient history, "them" vs "us" has been enough justification to satisfy the public in any time period. It's not that few in the US cared about bombing "commies" in Laos and Cambodia, it's that being "red" made much less difference than being "them". This is tribalism at its finest (or worst, take your pick).
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