• Splount@lemmy.world
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    Sheesh, I’d think less of Bourdain if he DIDN’T say that! Good riddance to bad rubbish. Kissenger can kiss my ass!

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      Bourdain had personal experience with Cambodia and saw exactly what Kissinger wrought and the effects that were still plaguing the country decades later.

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    2023 kinda rocked. Pat Robinson, died during pride month, Charlie munger, and Henry kissinger both died in November.

    I can’t think of anyone else but a good deal of scum bags dying make this world a better place.

    Always out live your enemies. I’m rooting for Warren buffet and Bill O’Reilly to croak in the next few years.

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          Michael Jordan is a billionaire. Peter Jackson, McKenzie Scott, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg. Tiger Woods may be a bad husband, but that’s not how he made his money. Dolly Parton would be a billionaire if she hadn’t given away so much, she’s definitely earned a billion.

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              Idk though, gold-digging the worlds most repulsive people to get half their worth just to donate what they never would seems like a noble endeavor. And swindling the billionaire class through romance, just to Robin Hood it away is a public service we should be praising.

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    It says Bourdain was one of Kissinger’s fiercest critics. I haven’t seen any articles about how much Christopher Hitchens criticized Kissinger. He even wrote a book about it.

    In the words of Hitchens, Kissinger deserves prosecution “for war crimes, for crimes against humanity, and for offenses against common or customary or international law, including conspiracy to commit murder, kidnap, and torture.” He further calls him “a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.”

    And if I recall correctly, Hitchens at one point was asked whether there was a person he genuinely disliked, and from the way he spoke about him, it seems like he probably actually hated Henry Kissinger.

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      It just shows how hard mental illness is to overcome when even someone who embraces life as fully as he did couldn’t stand to live anymore.