The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists

Re:The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists by umanwizard on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:55PM (#32634652)

American exceptionalism goes both ways. Yes, people who see the US as uniquely moral and good are wrong. So are people who see the US as uniquely bad. It’s somewhat better than most countries in the world, and somewhat worse than some others, especially Western and Northern Europe, i.e. the most developed part of the world.

If it’s not fair to compare the US to Yemen, then it’s not fair to compare it to Norway either. It simply is what it is.

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Re:The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists by nojonestownpls on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:53AM (#32634916)

Yeah, there's two ways to look at this:

* The US is doing better than you might expect from an influential, powerful country, that could be abusing its power much more (but that's how empires fall, and the US has learned from the lessons of history)

* The US is doing worse than you might expect from a prosperous and stable country, one that doesn't need to be driven by desperation and genuine threats to survival

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Re:The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists by jfengel on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:48AM (#32638189)

I wouldn't compare countries. But I can recognize what the OP said, that for many Americans the cruelty is the point, and I find that unpleasant all on its own. The comparison to the worst may not be apt, but I feel disgusted to be even inaptly associated with it.

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Re:The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists by umanwizard on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:45AM (#32639615)

By saying “Americans” rather than “human beings in general” you are implicitly comparing countries.

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Re:The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists by jfengel on Monday August 29, 2022 @03:11PM (#32642233)

I am referring to a specific movement within the US.

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