By "How 2016 turned out" you mean the Democrats ran a conservative, establishment Democrat when literally everyone was saying we want change? Then she was beaten by an "outsider" and the Democrats went all 'shocked Pikachu face' and blamed progressives for their choices?
Dems think that we owe them our votes while they refuse to represent us. That is not democracy.
Tell that to Chelsea Manning.
Sure, the US is mostly freer with information than a country that is unabashedly authoritarian. But ask Ron DeSantis what he was doing at Guantanamo, or the CIA what they did in Latin America. If you don't think the US hides plenty from its citizens, you haven't been paying attention.
Our Tianimen Square was Kent State, or maybe the MOVE Bombing, or all of the documented police violence against protesters and marginalized people. Fat lot of good it does that we can talk about them when nothing changes.
I think it makes more sense to hold our government to account than point out the flaws of people we don't like.
Everyone knows the moon landing was faked at a secret soundstage on Mars!
Americans will post a meme about Tianimen Square while eating a Chiquita banana.
Thank you for your service.
Lengthy incarceration does not prevent crime.
Some jail time, a year long ban from social media, and restitution seem like a fitting punishment.
Please don't conflate plain, basic criticism with antisemitism. Nobody said anything about a "Jewish cabal controlling Canada". It is fair to question the extent to which some nations support Israel for their own geopolitical reasons.
That's not the same story?