I know you’re trying to persuade liberals, but these arguments seem fairly liberal. Mind you, I’m as far from wanting to see the DPRK color revv’d as you can imagine.

‘I like positive depictions of North Korean people/Korean culture’

“I enjoy seeing romantic perspectives on imperial Japan.”

‘Regardless of what you feel about any place’s government, it is always good to see an increase in standards of living’

“You don’t have to like Andrew Jackson but think of all those settlers with free land!”

any remarks or analysis about sanctions, for example talking about how sanctions don’t actually accomplish the popularly ascribed goals, but instead directly target the most vulnerable people in a society (with the stated goal of “making the people dislike their government” as if that is not the most mask-off thing politicians say)

“It’s good to remind people the long history of the Jewish people’s oppression. Imagine trying to slander Israel when Iran wants to see them gone.”

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