What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.
Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?
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Nuking Japan was in proportion and in service to the United States' legitimate military objectives.
I'd say this is not an unpopular opinion. It was (and I believe still is) US govt position on these events. It's also wrong
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68 civilians died in pearl harbor.
140,000 died in Hiroshima.
I wouldn't call that in proportion.
I upvoted you because I vehemently disagree with your opinion. It's kind of skirting the line on being straight up evil
You skipped several million deaths.
Is this actually an unpopular opinion? For sure horrible like all things in war, but I understand that the alternative was an invasion with a hell of a lot more casualties.
Should the USA have invaded Japan instead?
Yes. Unlike ground war, two entire metro full of people were killed and countless more suffered long term damages. Whatever the strategic value, this isn't a decision that I find ethical in any way.
The imminent threat of an invasion (assembled in staging area and ready to go) could have been tried before. It would have been very costly, but would have been necessary anyway for an actual invasion if the nuclear bombs didn't cause a surrender (there was a coup attempt to prevent it, so it was never a sure thing even with the bombs).
How could they have made the threat of invasion any more imminent, though?
It is really unpopular in some parts of Lemmy.