A news conference on July 27 in front of the U.S. Capitol featured a broad array of activists and organizations: Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ; Joy Gebhard, Divided Family Member; Rick Downes, Coalition of Families of Korean & Cold War POW/MIAs; Lt. General (Retired) Daniel P. Leaf, U.S. Air Force; Joyce Ajlouny, American Friends Service Committee; Hana Marie Kim, 30 Under 30 activist and high school student; and Barbara Lee, U.S. Congress member from California.
Following the press event, an emotional Han ceremony at the Foundry United Methodist Church gave the many participants of Korean ancestry an opportunity to express and manage the complex emotions of sorrow, resentment, grief, sadness and hope that afflict many members of families separated during the Korean War and the following seven decades of a divided Korea.
Later, a rally in front of the White House featured Echo Hyunsook Cho, Women Cross DMZ; Medea Benjamin, Code Pink; internet personality Nick Cho, “Your Korean Dad”; and other speakers. It was followed by a spirited mile-long march past the Korean War Veterans Monument to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where an interfaith vigil was held.
i literally don’t understand why people are arguing with you. fuck kim and north korean government. he needs to step down
We’re arguing with him because he’s wrong, and a white supremacist.
Why do you think you know more about how the DPRK should work than they do?
well you see he watched this seth rogan movie once and browsed /r/politics obssessively for the last decade
idiot i know people who escaped north korea
the fuck do you know???
Do the names of the people you know rhyme with show me snark?
Huh, I’ve been called a lot of things, but never a white supremacist. That’s a first for me.
You are not Rudyard Kipling, carrying the white man’s burden to enlighten savages. The colonized people of the world want you to leave them the fuck alone.
Ok.
Get used to it, as capitalism decays you, a liberal, will be defending more and more racist and fascist policies as the government tries to maintain profit and control.
lmfao because they’re a puppet state for china that threatens nuclear bullshit and violence all the time?
no democracy, the people are starving and there’s government issued meth
what the fuck are you even talking about you numbskull?
why do YOU think you know more about how the DPRK(ironic name) should work than I do? you don’t but you’re supporting a fat fascist fuck so off the bat i know you got shit for brains
If you can say it’s true without providing proof, I can say it’s not the same.
They are under siege and constant threat of aggression. The U$ is the aggressor.
Fuck off, cracker
Are these not the ten principles upon which the nation and its one party operate?
Doesn’t sound like a democracy to me.
“We should strengthen the people with our revolutionary philosophy, and be respectful of the people who helped us free ourselves from Imperialism” is not the nuclear take you think it is.
Nothing about this is counter to a revolutionary democracy.
Well, you can also try offering research, but good luck convincing one antisocialist to read any of it for more than ten seconds. You’ll have more fun pulling your own teeth.
Lol ok. I thought you were serious.
The tactic of “everyone who disagrees with me does not really hold these beliefs, but must actually be joking/a bot/paid” is quite useful for maintaining a warped image of the world in your head
Right, but you’re not arguing beliefs, you’re claiming a circle is a square. It’s more than just disagreement, it’s dishonesty and it means discussing anything with you is a waste of time.
fuck you idiot shill for the fascists harder lmfao you’re arguing with yourself because everyone else knows this situation
i literally know people who escaped that awful country, do you?
The DPRK is not fascist.
No you do not
lolok
Big internet, lotta people, many viewpoints. I don’t mind an honest discussion of opposing ideologies. But I don’t think that’s what’s happening here. I suspect there’s a concerted effort to make certain ideologies seem more popular than they actually are.
Who’s concerting this effort?
This line is one of the most offensive from you bourgeois fuckers. So many of us are struggling workers. Where are these CPC checks? Where are these millions of rubles I’m owed?
Shut the hell up. We’re human beings.
Wow! There are people who want to make communism more popular? On lemmygrad? I don’t believe you.
nah fuck your conspiracy mind. the dprk is shit and kim is a trash leader who needs to be ousted before progress can happen