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Hey ELF twit, your resident ELF shitposter here to make a slightly less shitty post asking you to stop comparing Siwon to Ronald Reagan for the love of God please, and here's why.
I think non-American folks maybe only know Reagan from "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" and YIKES ON BIKES because he was actually kind of the worst. If you are completely out of the loop, RR started out as an actor from ~1937 to ~1964.
He then became the governor of California and served from 1967 to 1975. He was the 40th US President from 1981 to 1989.
Where's the Siwon comparison coming from? Both started off as actors and then moved to political work. THAT'S LITERALLY IT YALL.
Where's the Siwon comparison coming from? Both started off as actors and then moved to political work. THAT'S LITERALLY IT YALL.
So let's get to the shit. NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN: It’s possible he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease during his presidency although he wasn’t officially diagnosed until 1994. No one can say for sure but it can be argued that he wasn’t in the best shape mentally -
- just on the basis of age. He was, until Trump, the oldest person sworn into the presidency and I mean look at that weirdo. I’ve seen some people say he was taken advantage of but I personally doubt it. Alright so to start:
- Tried to veto the Civil Rights Restoration Act lmao what the fuck
- Tried to veto sanctions that would put pressure South Africa to end apartheid
- Vetoed a bill that would have saved a lot of struggling US farmers, causing many to close or go bankrupt
- Tried to veto sanctions that would put pressure South Africa to end apartheid
- Vetoed a bill that would have saved a lot of struggling US farmers, causing many to close or go bankrupt
- Supplied weapons/funding/information to groups that would later lead to Al-Queda and Saddam Hussein who used the aid for chemical warfare against civilians
- Supplied Iran WHILE they were fighting US-supplied Hussein
- Supplied Iran WHILE they were fighting US-supplied Hussein
- Used the money from Iran to fund a coup in Nicaragua to overthrow a democratically elected government
- The CIA ("allegedly") bought coke from the Nicaraguan coup and ("allegedly") distributed it to gangs in black neighborhoods ("allegedly") in order to control them with the -
- The CIA ("allegedly") bought coke from the Nicaraguan coup and ("allegedly") distributed it to gangs in black neighborhoods ("allegedly") in order to control them with the -
- War on Drugs, which is a policy that largely targets and destroys low income/minority communities and does absolutely nothing to curb drug use/distribution, and feeds into the prison-for-profit system which is modern day slavery
- Reaganomics is a clusterfuck but in a nutshell it gutted public assistance and benefit programs like public housing, mental health care, Medicaid and food stamps; promoted “trickle down economics” which has lead to the severe economic disparity in the USA today
Also ended his presidency with 3 trillion in national debt which was triple the what the debt was when he came in
AND MOST INFAMOUSLY, ignored the AIDS crisis, provided next to no resources or funding because it was a “gay disease.” RR’s press secretary literally laughed when asked about it during a conference so fuck him forever. An entire community suffered & thousands died due to bigotry
So in conclusion, fuck Reagan. Keep his bullshit far away from Siwon. I doubt Siwon knows why these fan manips are so absolutely awful but at the very least y'all gonna learn and hopefully stop.
Sources:
-Google
-Being born a black American
-Bachelors degree in history (my focus was ancient Greece but shhhhh)
-Being born a black American
-Bachelors degree in history (my focus was ancient Greece but shhhhh)
QUICK ADDITION: let me reiterate that, considering the fact that most non-Americans didn't know any of this, Siwon likely doesn't either. DON'T use this to hate him. He's simply trying to show appreciation for something his fans made
