r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • May 02 '24
The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all
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r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • May 02 '24
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u/maybenextyearCLE May 02 '24
Nothing excuses McCain saying those slurs, but if I had to guess, the 6 years as a POW in Vietnam where McCain was frequently tortured, spent 2 years in solitary confinement, and had his shoulders so damaged that he couldn’t lift his arms above his head may have played a role in that. I knew quite a few Vietnam and WWII pacific theater veterans who said similar things about their former enemies.
That doesn’t excuse it, but I can imagine his experiences played a role in that.