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minus-squareSpiceDealer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoI’ll probably (and rightly) get downvoted for asking this but was Churchill’s crime. Does it have to do with how he treated Ireland?
minus-squareLotrOrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 hours agoHe caused massive famines across India just to fill coffers of the British empire. 6 million people at a conservative estimate Destroyed Bengal and Bangladesh Ask most Indians- Churchill and mother Theresa are two of the most hated people in our history
minus-squaredandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoprobably about his imperialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#Imperialism_and_racial_views https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Winston_Churchill
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoI mean, I disagree with Hitler’s views too, but his views aren’t really what makes us hate him universally, it was his actions.
I’ll probably (and rightly) get downvoted for asking this but was Churchill’s crime. Does it have to do with how he treated Ireland?
He caused massive famines across India just to fill coffers of the British empire. 6 million people at a conservative estimate
Destroyed Bengal and Bangladesh
Ask most Indians- Churchill and mother Theresa are two of the most hated people in our history
probably about his imperialism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#Imperialism_and_racial_views
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Winston_Churchill
I mean, I disagree with Hitler’s views too, but his views aren’t really what makes us hate him universally, it was his actions.