Discussion: Racism In The U.S. Isn't Just Wrong— It's A Global Liability

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Discussion for article #231817

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Americans should be concerned when the nation’s principles and values are compromised. Losing credibility on domestic human rights and social justice issues is detrimental to U.S. foreign policy and national security because it weakens America’s legitimacy as a global ethical and moral leader.

Essentially a restatement of the obvious. Still, there are times when it is necessary to restate the obvious regularly.

“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
– George Orwell

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The “hands up, don’t shoot” movement is based on manufactured “facts” and not the evidence of what happened that day, thus it rings hollow.

Notwithstanding, the U.S. should stop preaching to the World, because we are not perfect, and we all know it; ergo, the criticism from perceived “enemies” falls flat.