Every fucking Carter tweet I see is like "oh he stopped dams from being built he founded Habitat for Humanity" HE BACKED SUHARTO DOING THE GENOCIDE IN EAST TIMOR HE WAS GIVING MONEY TO THE GUYS RUNNING THE DEATH SQUADS IN EL SALVADOR WHO KILLED OSCAR ROMERO MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

miawong.bsky.social • 61 days ago

Every fucking Carter tweet I see is like "oh he stopped dams from being built he founded Habitat for Humanity" HE BACKED SUHARTO DOING THE GENOCIDE IN EAST TIMOR HE WAS GIVING MONEY TO THE GUYS RUNNING THE DEATH SQUADS IN EL SALVADOR WHO KILLED OSCAR ROMERO

MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED

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curioussnowflake.bsky.social•60 days ago

He was essentially Obama 0.9, vaguely liberal on domestic issues, milquetoast capitalist imperialist on foreign policy. He did do some decent things once he got out of office, but he also initially defended Drumpf when he was first elected (later he changed his tune).

transmascdruid.bsky.social•60 days ago

Thanks. I knew that there was one big strike against him, but I couldn't remember what it was.

I like a well-rounded obituary of a public figure. Unless they were a total shitbag, like Limbaugh.

blankwillbur.bsky.social•60 days ago

He's the gift that keeps on giving. He also went in for domestic deregulation like it was his religion, he mortally wounded the US economy, almost single-handedly, with just four signatures.

rainiedrop.bsky.social•61 days ago

I think the fatal flaw in the logic might be folks wanting to find a decent US president when necessarily being a US president means a man has signed off on unspeakable evil. Folks want him to have been "the good one" when there just aren't good ones.

rainiedrop.bsky.social•60 days ago

The foundations of the US are white supremacist slavery and genocide. There is no way to serve that entity and make the world better

amazonpissjugs.bsky.social•60 days ago

Exactly this

jdefilippo.bsky.social•44 days ago

"We plant the seeds that one day will grow" Remembering Oscar Romero (Tribute-Listen here)
https://soundcloud.com/hillipsand/seeds-of-freedom

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ashleybites.bsky.social•61 days ago

Omg what's this? HISTORY? NOT ON MY FEED.

celialicious.bsky.social•60 days ago

Democrats want the news to be uneventful, a negative peace, more than they want positive peace, justice, or progress

miawong.bsky.social•61 days ago

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED

miawong.bsky.social•60 days ago

HE DIDN'T EVEN FOUND A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED

https://bsky.app/profile/missriss.bsky.social/post/3lei2rya3is2x

meritcandour.bsky.social•60 days ago

As soon as I heard the news
I was like: Oh No-this will be
a tough night for everybody.

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mullhund.bsky.social•61 days ago

I just wanna say thank you for being the sensible voice on my feed lmfao

dali-llama.bsky.social•60 days ago

He was responsible for fewer crimes against humanity than any other US president, but that's a very low bar to clear

mdbux.bsky.social•60 days ago

When Vietnam toppled the Khmer Rouge in ‘79 (infuriating China who was backing Pol Pot) Carter privately promised to back Deng Xiaoping, who wanted to invade Vietnam for the aggression against their ally.Carter also appeased Deng by recognizing the remnants of the Khmer Rouge at the United Nations.

mdbux.bsky.social•60 days ago

I mean…we’re talking about the fucking Khmer Rouge. One quarter of Cambodia’s population…disappeared.

jessdee.bsky.social•60 days ago

Thank you for this. Fuck man, thought I was going crazy.

jessdee.bsky.social•60 days ago

He's also a big reason why Evangelicals are politically active. And deregulated so much shit.

missriss.bsky.social•61 days ago

Not that it's the important part here but he did not found Habitat for Humanity. He was just a volunteer. But it's a good example of how wrongly people remember everything about him.

crowpotkin.bsky.social•60 days ago

You're doing the Lord's work today.

missriss.bsky.social•60 days ago

It's one of those stupidly small things that annoy me 😂 I don't blame people for not knowing since it's such a prevalent belief

alwaysflacko.bsky.social•60 days ago

It’s the Carter Presidency/Carter Post-Presidency divide that we’re not used to

He was truly an abysmal president. A spineless, centrist, naive mess. He kicked off deregulation and the Volcker Shock.

But, no other former president has tried to atone and Carter did try.

crowpotkin.bsky.social•61 days ago

I have been informed that he didn't even found Habitat for Humanity. It was Millard and Linda Fuller.

miawong.bsky.social•61 days ago

Ahahahahahahhaa

crowpotkin.bsky.social•61 days ago

He's the Elon to their Tesla

alwaysflacko.bsky.social•60 days ago

Yeah he definitely didn’t found it. We’re just not used to seeing a former president helping anyone or attempting to atone for putting their leather shoe on our necks.

elsbells.bsky.social•60 days ago

I didn’t know any of that. And I’d rather know, awful as it is.

miawong.bsky.social•60 days ago

He's really evil!!!

nichhills.bsky.social•60 days ago

It was Ford and Kissinger who green lit the indonesian invasion of East Timor. Clinton green lit the liberation of East Timor by the Australian Army.

jolynegcoyote.bsky.social•60 days ago

I don't think there ever can be a thoroughly good and decent president of the US but I would say he still did his best as any flawed human can do with their power