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  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexustoLefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Liberals and discovering morality when their enemies do bad things, name a better duoEnglish
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    2 days ago
    • I’d call the ACA a huge improvement. Still sucks, but far and above better than what was there before.
    • Repealed dont ask, dont tell.
    • Public endorsement of same sex marriage that had a clear impact on federal policies.
    • The creation of the CFPB.
    • Reopening embassies with Cuba and working to restore relations with Cuba.
    • Numerous clean energy initiatives.
    • DACA.

    Now in my opinion none of these go far enough, but I’d be lying to not call them a positive step.

    Do you want me to also list what I hate about the Obama admin? May as well. I’ll skip my criticisms of the above since ive already kind of noted that. As well as the drone strikes, which ive already commented on.

    • Ending the ban on oil/gas drilling
    • The priority enforcement program being launched and the expansion of state surveillance.
    • renewal of the patriot act (and expansion of state surveillance)
    • The handling of Iraq.
    • Authorization of CIA/Pentagon programs to intervene in other countries.
    • Abstention from UN resolutions on Israeli “settlers” (ugh). Technically his admin, but let’s be candid, thats a directive from above
    • Arms deals with Saudi Arabia (later pulled, but I have a problem with the attempt)

    Thats off the top. Out of curiosity, do you think I have an overall positive or negative view of his presidency?

  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexustoLefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Liberals and discovering morality when their enemies do bad things, name a better duoEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You would think such horrible acts of inhumanity would earn him a reputation as a murderer among the general public

    If the media portrayed things accurately, I would say many more would consider him a murderer (as they should).

    But pretending people didn’t react negatively is the same sort of lie as the media portrayals of the strikes at the time. I’m not going to agree with mid/disinformation of any form.

    yet he’s hailed as being “one of the good ones”

    I think the bigger part of that is if you compare him to the past 45 years of presidents, what do you have?

    • Reagan
    • Bush
    • Clinton
    • Bush Jr
    • Trump
    • Biden

    Calling him one of the better presidents of nearly a half of a century is not a stretch. Its just a painfully low bar.

    never amounted into any meaningful criticism or consequences for Obama.

    Refer back to the previous list. None of them had any meaningful consequences for the horrors they are responsible for.