this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
831 points (98.5% liked)
Political Weirdos
1038 readers
1 users here now
A community dedicated to the weirdest people involved in politics.
- Focus on weird behaviors and beliefs
- Follow Iemmy.world TOS
- Don’t be a jerk
founded 11 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The list of “American Presidents that weren’t deeply problematic as individuals” is a very short one, and I think the only one I’ve heard a good argument for is ole Jimmy Carter.
But Trump is still magnitudes more problematic than any of the other individuals listed, and it’s whataboutism like yours that led us here.
Woo! Keep white-washing the Bush admin baby! After all, they only laid the foundational policy for every administration to follow.
Whataboutism? What the heck? I'm saying we shouldn't glorify war criminals in response to a comment glorifying war criminals. Glorifying the people who paved the way for fascism is a very bad way to fight fascism.