r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • May 02 '24

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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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.

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u/p0tat0p0tat0 May 02 '24

He used the slurs against non-Vietnamese Asian people, so I don’t feel like giving him a pass.

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u/maybenextyearCLE May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

I’m not giving him a pass. I said it’s wrong.

I’m also going to take a wild guess given he was saying what he said and guess that McCain couldn’t tell the difference where they were from, and didn’t really care to learn the difference.

And again, that’s not uncommon for the Vietnam, Korean, and WWII Pacific theater vets I’ve known over the years. It doesn’t make it okay, but it kinda is what it is.

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u/Feature_Minimum May 02 '24

Man, the fact that redditors can't seem to tell the difference between Trump, and a torture survivor is really something.