It’s time for those involved to be brought to justice for the CIA and FBI’s torture programs, instituted by the Bush-Cheney administration and not prosecuted by the Obama administration. We mustn’t forget the horrors of the illegal and amoral Iraq war—the moral injury it has caused our nation and the harm it caused to our victims. It was worse and more criminal than even Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/may/11/abu-zubaydah-drawings-guantanamo-bay-us-torture-policy?CMP=twt_gu&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium#Echobox=1683799554

A while ago, I read about the psycholgical effect that kicks in when someone tries to fight for a good cause, but then makes a tiny mistake.

We are very hard on hypocrisy because our brains like when things add up.

I.e. a climate activist with a plastic cup triggers much harder than Elon taking a 5 minute flight in his private jet every other day.

The first feels wrong, while the second just meets our expectations.

I can't stop seeng this everywhere ever since.