Who Is The Most Reviled Person in Your Country's History?

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Admiral Yi

September 20, 2016, 08:25:46 PM
Prompted by the Benedict Arnold thread.  Answer either for yourself or for the country as a whole.

For the US: Lee Harvey Oswald?  Nixon?  Bull Connor? Tokyo Rose? The Koch brothers?  The creator of Family Circus?

11B4V

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September 20, 2016, 08:30:32 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 20, 2016, 08:25:46 PM
Prompted by the Benedict Arnold thread.  Answer either for yourself or for the country as a whole.

For the US: Lee Harvey Oswald?  Nixon?  Bull Connor? Tokyo Rose? The Koch brothers?  The creator of Family Circus?

"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Grinning_Colossus

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September 20, 2016, 08:32:02 PM
That lady who didn't watch her kids at the zoo. RIP Harambe.
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jimmy olsen

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September 20, 2016, 08:33:37 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 20, 2016, 08:25:46 PM
Prompted by the Benedict Arnold thread.  Answer either for yourself or for the country as a whole.

For the US: Lee Harvey Oswald?  Nixon?  Bull Connor? Tokyo Rose? The Koch brothers?  The creator of Family Circus?

Surely it has to be a figure from the Civil War, though who that figure is will differ depending on how you view that conflict.
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mongers

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September 20, 2016, 08:40:07 PM
WInston Churchill or Tony Blair.  :bowler:
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Drakken

#5
September 20, 2016, 08:41:09 PM
In Canada, definitely Karla Homolka.

But historically, Canada has very few reviled, loathsome characters (except Adrien Arcand, which I suspect no one now remembers).

11B4V

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September 20, 2016, 08:41:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 20, 2016, 08:33:37 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 20, 2016, 08:25:46 PM
Prompted by the Benedict Arnold thread.  Answer either for yourself or for the country as a whole.

For the US: Lee Harvey Oswald?  Nixon?  Bull Connor? Tokyo Rose? The Koch brothers?  The creator of Family Circus?

Surely it has to be a figure from the Civil War, though who that figure is will differ depending on how you view that conflict.

Well who would it be?
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Admiral Yi

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September 20, 2016, 08:42:43 PM
Who's your evil Christmas elf, Before?

Grinning_Colossus

#8
September 20, 2016, 08:44:21 PM
Maybe Nathan Bedford Forrest. He doesn't have many fans these days.
Quis futuit ipsos fututores?

11B4V

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September 20, 2016, 08:48:07 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 20, 2016, 08:42:43 PM
Who's your evil Christmas elf, Before?

Martin Shkreli
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

11B4V

#10
September 20, 2016, 08:49:18 PM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on September 20, 2016, 08:44:21 PM
Maybe Nathan Bedford Forrest. He doesn't have many fans these days.

Southern whites big fans.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

CountDeMoney

#11
September 20, 2016, 08:49:57 PM
I think it would probably be a generational thing.  Plenty of Boomers still see LBJ/Nixon in their nightmares, depending on their side of the aisle.  Or Dick Cheney/Bill Clinton.  Or, in grumbler's case, nobody else remembers how much of a fucking asshole Aaron Burr was.

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September 20, 2016, 08:52:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 20, 2016, 08:49:57 PM
I think it would probably be a generational thing.  Plenty of Boomers still see LBJ/Nixon in their nightmares, depending on their side of the aisle.  Or Dick Cheney/Bill Clinton.  Or, in grumbler's case, nobody else remembers how much of a fucking asshole Aaron Burr was.
How political of you.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

mongers

#13
September 20, 2016, 08:53:00 PM
I've left it to Tyr to name Thatcher.  :P
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