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There is a crazy amount of cognitive dissonance in this thread. Show me a single other modern society that didn't have serious and deeply ingrained racial and societal problems from the start. We can only move forward and do better, which is happening slowly. Put a magnifying glass on any country's past and you'll drum up all sorts of nasty shit. But people just love to shit on the US so here we are
conservative attitude is to deny or diminish anything wrong with history. same can be seen in Turkey. I think what is criticized is that denial, not that there was anything wrong. because as you said every country has their skeletons.
As someone whose government disappeared 43 students who were protesting in 2014, and opened fire on defenseless civilians protesting the summer Olympics in 1968 killing upwards of 350, I say you're not wrong. Hi, neighbor.
You only missed the point by an observable universe's length.