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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago

Even those people who were stereotypically thought of as having intellectual qualities, such as wearing glasses or speaking multiple languages, were executed out of fear that they would rebel against the Khmer Rouge.[89]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's a Holiday in Cambodia

Where you'll do what you're told!

[–] maccentric 3 points 3 days ago

We’ve got a bigger problem now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

He didn't just hope they'd die.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

How does one go from the badass “commander General Salath Sar” to “pol pot” and think it sounds better?