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Dr. Shepper

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13. Never thought of it that way

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 3, 2022, 08:40 AM

Mar 2022

But, yes, (stating things less articulately than you), the world view that puts us as the center of moral agency is immature and does not account for other nations being responsible for their own choices. Thank you for your thoughts.

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Why is Russia's invasion all the Fault of the U.S.? [View all] CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 OP

I'm a progressive Dr. Shepper Mar 2022 #1

Thank you. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #8

I'm glad I missed those threads and posters. Ilsa Mar 2022 #2

It's not the fault of the US... At all IngridsLittleAngel Mar 2022 #3

Thank you for putting it this way CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #5

You're welcome IngridsLittleAngel Mar 2022 #7

I'm a Progressive, too, but I operate in the grey areas where life actually happens, not in the sop Mar 2022 #4

Agreed CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #6

I used to listen to her all the time Dr. Shepper Mar 2022 #10

The "America is to blame for everything bad in the world" crowd's unthinking leftist support of sop Mar 2022 #21

Here Is The Problem, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2022 #9

Paragraph 2 SPOT ON! CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #11

Never thought of it that way Dr. Shepper Mar 2022 #13

Exactly JohnSJ Mar 2022 #15

Wow, that explanation is so far out of my understanding that I don't know how to really get it. Biophilic Mar 2022 #17

Excellent analysis. I have noticed this on a couple of different subjects most notably race. NT cinematicdiversions Mar 2022 #20

+1 chowder66 Mar 2022 #26

It's the easy answer rather than the complexity of the total truth dutch777 Mar 2022 #12

Amy Goodman is so biased it is ridiculous. She wants to blame the US for Ukraine, I blame her JohnSJ Mar 2022 #14

The only thing that the US is guilty of vlyons Mar 2022 #16

Amy Goodman is blaming President Biden for Putin's war? Emile Mar 2022 #18

It saddens me about Amy Goodman. I had just started watching her in the past year. BoomaofBandM Mar 2022 #19

Amy the clown Goodman ! stonecutter357 Mar 2022 #22

I'm a progressive, and these fools are an embarrassment to Roisin Ni Fiachra Mar 2022 #23

The US, as part of the developed world, has some blame for being too lenient after Crimea Amishman Mar 2022 #24

Dunno one argument kwolf68 Mar 2022 #25

We as humans tend to have selective long term memories... Papa-Ron Mar 2022 #27

Unfortunately, the situational similarity is real. crickets Mar 2022 #28