Marc Lamont Hill RIPS Jimmy Carter’s Legacy: “You Can’t Be President Without Being a War Criminal”

[@writemeyers]

40+ yrs ago he said frankly, that he's a sinner. He was crucified for it. He spent the next 40+ yrs working to be a better man. That is all we can ask of ourselves and more than most people, much less Presidents can say. RIP.

[@ungratefulninja4535]

Flawed as he may be, I credit Jimmy Carter for making me aware of the situation in Israel/Palestine with his 2006 book "Palestinian Peace not Apartheid" Rest In Power ✌🏾💚

[@phillipholland6795]

That's definitely true, you can't be an honorable man and be the leader of the dubious empire at the same time. However, he was the still the best of the worst if anything, in my opinion.

[@lordhriley]

Yes you can

[@rossalynmoore5407]

I was on high school during the Carter Administration. He was a great president. No man is perfect. He was decent.

[@chelabuford7106]

Talking to my Mom who is in her 70's who says President Carter sure helped Black people out a lot. I remember the BETA and CETA Federal programs and Summer jobs programs for teenagers, Pell Grants etc. She said he wasn't scared either - he wasn't a mouse or a gorilla - but he did his thing and didn't back down. He let his work speak for him instead - despite what racist republicans did. She stated Black people were so happy - it was a new day and President Carter showed that Black people were people too. She says it wasn't easy for him and they went out of their way to make it hard on him. Mom said Black people were able to get jobs that they weren't able to get before - jobs that weren't the lowest on the totem pole. So, those things experienced - from someone who was actually there - along with the Peace in the Middle East deal and ALL of the philanthropic endeavors and human rights initiatives and climate work he and his wife accomplished for humanity - pales in comparison to anything perceived as negative. He was a very good President and an even better man. Rest in Power President Carter, thank you for doing your best to leave this world better than you found it.💜🙏🏽

[@FloydWicker-f7m]

Marc, no one is perfect. Jimmy is a public saint - one of the best.

[@Aminur48]

@@FloydWicker-f7m agreed. I think throughout his lifetime especially post term. He was a force of peace and net positive to global humanitarian work

[@miltoncheavers9106]

It would be cool if we as black people got this same grace...

[@prissylily25]

President Carter was an amazing man. I’m so sad about his passing. He leaves behind a wonderful legacy of humanitarian.

[@Olivetree00]

Let's not romanticize his legacy.

[@soitgoes3627]

The 1980 Mental Health Systems Act that was signed by Carter, provided grants to community mental health centers trying to shift care from institutions not end it altogether. Reagan repealed it with the Dem Congress a year after its passage. How you described it is disingenuous. Also, besides Operation Iron Claw in Iran, which failed, the only major military operation under Carter was use of US aircraft for logistical support for Belgian and French rescue operations in Zaire (now the Congo, DRC) in 1978. For a man with the reigns of empire, his hesitance in using it was the only time in my life we didn’t constantly have operations.

[@boosted211]

Operation cyclone might not have been a major military operation but funding Osama turned out to be a pretty bad idea. But hey at least we beat free healthcare... I mean socialism.

[@sportsfan404]

It's easy to talk moral purity from the ivory tower.

[@benw2569]

Exactly!

[@ethiopianmusicoldies599]

Better than Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Trump, Ford , Obama and Nixon - isn’t that enough ?

[@Olivetree00]

No.

[@thedadlife247]

nopee it's not about them it's about him.

[@AmbassadorInsane]

Name one person you can't find some negative shit to say about them.

[@boosted211]

Marc Lamont hill 😏 /s

[@robert33469]

Right. Hopefully we’ll see a title that says, Marc Lamont hill rips himself on his over critical takes

[@newlife533]

Mr. Carter was a good man he hasn't been president in n 45 years in those 45 years that man has helped a lot of Americans can you say you helped as many ppl as that man did

[@mustermas]

Not even close - Marc should show some respect

[@yesyoucan5855]

So now you can also do the opposite can you say you harmed as many people as that man did

[@newlife533]

@@yesyoucan5855 Mr Carter has repaid any debt he had 1000 times over plus a million he had a heart made of gold you an mark wish you were half the human Mr. Carter was God bless you President Carter.

[@Peter-m5n7m]

Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat I voted for. I, later regretted voting for 'RON the CON' Reagan. Jimmy Carter the person was interesting. His brother Billy became famous for Billy Beer. The Carter family farm crop was peanuts. Jimmy Carter was a decent Governor of Georgia. Though I was not a fan of President Cater, politically speaking because He did not put "Americans First." I am a fan of Jimmy Carter the person, fellow veteran, and fellow Georgia farmer! Rest in Peace!

[@paulmccarter908]

@Peter-m5n7m That's a long comment to slip in 'he didn't put America first." MAGA language

[@kaledafif7972]

@@Peter-m5n7m me too!! He was a great human being without a doubt🧡

[@kaledafif7972]

Me too!!! He was a great human being without a doubt ❤

[@ZakiyaAlake]

President Carter ended a wonderful “Earn While You Learn” program called the Community Education and Training Act of 1974. The late Antioch School of Law in DC, used a grant from CETA to train and employee people such as myself to become paralegals. We took the same classes as the JD candidates during our two years, plus an internship. Other folks became heavy construction equipment operators, for example.That’s my one domestic beef with Carter. The rest are all foreign policy beefs that Mark touched on here.

[@missmytime]

Sorry Mark, this was cringey

[@Mijack1]

This video is the reason why I don't like MLH. He never goes into detail about Jimmy Carter's presidency when it comes to what he did domestically and internationally. No mention of Carter pardoning Vietnam War draft dodgers. Compare this video to Kyle Kulinski's video about Carter on his Secular Talk KZbin channel. He goes into great detail and mentions the story of Republicans having backdoor communication with the Iranian government telling them to release the hostages until after Ronald Reagan's inauguration. This is a terrible video.

[@paxamericana8728]

Jimmy Carter was a great man

[@HeronimousPhunk]

Your proposition that all heads of empire are guilty of war crimes is pretty sloppy. Instead you should SAY what his war crimes were rather than smear the man with a category. Gorbachev headed an empire and devolved it bringing the possibility of self government. Cornel west ran a campaign promising to back out of the us empire. That’s two examples, one historical and the other aspirational

[@boosted211]

A war crime is a war crime 🤷‍♂️

[@HeronimousPhunk]

@@boosted211 ok, what according to Hill was Carter's war crime?

[@boosted211]

@HeronimousPhunk idk didnt really listen to him

[@Tonyo0582]

I'm with you 90% of the time. But on this topic I disagree. Jimmy Carter made me aware of the Palestinian plight and he built homes for the poor. I think he was a good man.

[@AJ-yu1ip]

I understand what you're doing here. Carter was an amazing man and comparatively, I've done nothing in this world next to him. I think this is the time when we acknowledge his good deeds and humanitarian work. And I also understand why it's important to point out his role as leader of Empire. In our current framework, you must commit evils you wouldn't normally. It's very complicated. We can point this out (I'd prefer as a sidenote) while highlighting the good he did.

[@dangelotrawick9819]

Would you ever interview Obama??????????????????????????

[@rowoods6021]

Jimmy Carter was a great man.

[@rawhyde6409]

Marc you need to grow up. There is not going to be ANY American president that will meet your rigid standards.

[@AmbassadorInsane]

That man was President 50 years ago, dies, and here you come to run his name into the ground. You need a regular 9 to 5 job.

[@thedadlife247]

@@AmbassadorInsane why cause you hate the truth?

[@AmbassadorInsane]

@thedadlife247 Point to one other time in his career that Hill has referenced Jimmy Carter and these truthes that so desperately needed to be said at this moment. I'll save you some time, you won't find it. The man died, and Hill took the opportunity to be contrarian about someone everyone else was praising. It's a low IQ move but a higher IQ move than those praising him for doing it.

[@AmbassadorInsane]

@thedadlife247 point to another time in Hill's career where he references Jimmy Carter and the truths that so desperately need told at this moment. I'll save you some time, you won't find any. The man died, and Hill took the opportunity to be contrarian when everyone else was praising Carter. It's a low IQ move but a higher IQ move than those praising Hill for doing it.

[@AmbassadorInsane]

@thedadlife247 point to another time in Hill's career where he references Jimmy Cater and the truths that so desperately need to be told at this moment. I'll save you some time, you won't find them. The man died, and Hill took the opportunity to be contrarian while everyone else was praising Carter. It should be beneath him, but unfortunately, it isn't.

[@curtisthomas2670]

So called patriots always get butt hurt about some national truths

[@LuchoVega68]

Jimmy Carter was an amazing human being stop your nonsense bs.

[@theorangepillnurse5399]

Which president wasn’t a “war criminal “? Lol

[@colorswordsandlearning]

@theorangepillnurse5399 That is what he is telling here . Just adding to it .. that no man is a saint and no one should be put on a pedestal.

[@CLSpencer01]

It set off my Siri too. 😄

[@NylondaJazzSharnese]

Viewers, would you be so kind to click the "like" button and share please and thank you very much 🖤

[@LuchoVega68]

Absolutely not.

[@Overthetop242]

No way- this is despicable

[@Thomas12793]

Nope this wasn’t necessary. I swear Marc thinks he’s perfect.

[@DMann86]

Seeing a lot of Black in this comment section put the cape on for this dude ("But he was one of the good ones!") while completely ignoring Marc's larger points about his destructive policies is exactly how years and PR rehabilitation/spin works (that and people's reflectance to study history). It's how we can have people getting the warm and fuzzies over Michelle Obama and George W. having "cute" little public interactions as if he wasn't who he was as President....smh... "But Jimmy Carter was a good man!". "Good men" don't reside over a white supremacist colonial and imperialist empire... smh...

[@andreabrown4541]

Carter was a moderate. He did grant amnesty to conscientous objectors. Arafat was the Patrice Cullors of the PLO.

[@m.lisahollingsworth7784]

Thank you for holding space for Carter, offering clarify abt his Legacy and giving him his flowers!💐💐💐💐 & - 😂😂😂 @ Siri! That was thee MOST human WTF - reaction. Feel the same abt Alexa. I don't plug it in until I'm ready for an AI audio house guest! Lol

[@iAmMukhtarAli]

BRAH you got my siri talking. LOL

[@PamelaMonroe07]

Your "hey, siri" triggered my ipad's Siri. 😆😟

[@sihamatshan1129]

Thanks for the education… And I enjoyed your little funny Siri moment

[@KaylaJones2000]

That's a pure (n)ignorance.

[@Overthetop242]

Unnecessary and ignorantly

[@David-tr6wb]

Dr. Hill... please don't forget about his global 2000 initiative

[@benw2569]

Damm you’re harsh!

[@Nat4551]

You started this commentary with pure nonsense. Disparging a a good man before he is even in the ground. Do you really think you embody perfection? You keep reminding me why I don't listen to you.

[@seanharvey883]

I'm surprised he didn't block you for that comment.

[@geoffreylachner6779]

I like the thoughtful presentations of MLH. However, on this one, I M going to suggest that the fact that he was too young to grasp what was going on during Carter's presidency may cause him to miss the markl; Carter replaced the former CIA director with stansfield Turner -- totally different from other CIA types who clearly did not allow the CIA to be the crimina actor it had been. He - Carter elevated human rights as a principle in his foreign policy, he never told a lie as President -- he presented himself humbly -- he was effective in all these things and he had no control over the Iran hostage taking -- this was the result of CIA/UK criminakl overthrow of the former President of Iran. Carter had nothing to do with that but Reagan/Bush did have the illegal deal with Iran to hold the hosstagees until the election in exchange for spare parts for their military -- an illegal act in itslef. Then Reagan /Bush used the money Iran paid for the parts to the "Contras" to assassinate4 the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and kill civillians! I would fault Carter, only for his implementation of the Brzinski plan to use Afghanistan to trap Russia in its VN tactic. So, compared to the rest of our Pres. since then, Carter was MLK.

[@blazayblazay8888]

I LIKE THE DUDE

[@Smartkid2387]

I ask this before and I'll ask this again where is the smoke for Congress. Aren't they the ones with power? By your definition the members of Congress who served at the same time are just as guilty as the president

[@Jadaisms]

I love this (kinda) analysis. Especially after watching MLH on a Sabby Sabs panel. A channel / host I feel lacks nuance in an environment that not only is wildly nuanced, but demands it be viewed through? nuance

[@devenbrown761]

What was Carter’s stance on Palestine? You’re welcome.

[@gloriaf6971]

I find it hard to listen to someone speak about important history with such hesitancy as if not sure what he wants to say.

[@volt91997]

Marc Laflop Hill you could have done this video like a month from now not when the body still warm have some class but I guess you gotta do it now because it's fresh and relevant and you need the views and clicks to keep yourself relevant

[@boosted211]

That's how this works. You talk about relevant stuff. Typically thats the most recent topics.

[@EarthCreature.]

Based. I'm winning no pals lately educating people about him.

[@paulcoder4530]

You are way off base on your analysis. Your mind very poisoned!

[@channonj5780]

Why you dragging Jimmy Carter in this current administration. It seems pointless.....

[@lerryslaughter1494]

Marc I love you and respect you big bro. You are smart and intellectual but this video ain’t it. It’s ok to be critical but the presidency is a very difficult job and sometimes they make unpopular choices. Unlike Trump and Reagan, President Carter’s heart was in the right place. Also the person you voted for (Jill Stein) is funded by right wing money and is a proven grifter. Even though I disagree with you on this video brother Marc, I still respect you and I know you are sincere about making the world a better place.

[@VampguyN85]

I give Jill a pass for the right wing funding. Both parties pull that crap. I guess 3rd parties can choose not to accept the money. But is accepting the money to use it against them better than refusing it and thus the Republican party have more money to spend on themselves? I don't know. But the Democrats funded RFK JK to split the vote on the right.

[@drbenway612]

Jill Stein also had/has? Investments in fossil fuels.

[@mommolette3607]

I listened to all of this but I missed the substance on how he started the deinstiutionalization of mental institutions. You made the statement but you didn't back it up

[@drbenway612]

He’s wrong. Reagan did that.

[@mommolette3607]

@drbenway612 i think he waited to be provocative

[@jokuz9133]

Gerald Gord was less of a war criminal than Jimmy. Jimmy outhawked carter in the debates

[@mar6400]

Too soon man

[@ziah3935]

lol Siri be acting up 😂

[@charleswalker5140]

Was it not j. Carter who fired ambassador Andrew Young for meeting with PLO trying to bring peace in that region…

[@Thomas12793]

Marc, this wasn’t necessary.

[@shon7425]

Let this go dude. Wrong fight

[@jacorrian1898]

John Quincy Adams had the best PRE-presidency and POST-presidency…

[@VampguyN85]

He divided the working class to keep power among the elites. Tyranny of the few was preferable to tyranny of the many he wrote.

[@Manormouse-04]

Jimmy Carter was the best individual to have occupied the office of president.

[@colorswordsandlearning]

That still does not take away from the fact of what Marc is saying here . Marc says he is the best of the worst lot and he is sincere , it still does not mean he sglhould be romanticised or put on a pedestal, you know ?

[@Manormouse-04]

@colorswordsandlearning I am never one to lionize any of these elitist soda, but by the metric implemented by DR. Hill, there could be no good person to serve in that office. I have celebrated the cessation of the existence of others who have held that office, particularly Reagan. There is no individual, who has ever held that position, that had more human compassion.

[@akpanekpo6025]

The surprise is that you lasted for so long in the MSM with such heretical views, Marc.

[@ReddyReader]

If he weren't so factual ... I'd be suspicious 😂 But he's really cool!

[@Iloveswedes]

No, it isn't a surprise. He's educated and he brings about getting people to watch. He's not as much a bombthrower as you lead someone to think.

[@sterlingdiaz6205]

that's what happens when you allow technology and ai conviences to contro; your life

[@KaylaJones2000]

Basketball-americans are so intimidated by WP, it's honestly sad. The truth is, we are just better. We are at the top of the food chain. We are the most powerful AND the most intelligent group in the world. The most feared, the most respected, the most desired. We are everything you want to be, but are not. Without us, you can't survive and a race that is solely dependent upon another for economic existence sooner or later dies. Dont hate on us, ask god why he made us all different looking.

[@beaujac311]

You forgot to put lol at the end. I assume you were to busy laughing at what you wrote to remember.

[@BlamcoTV]

How did he vote for Kamala? He was dying then and a vegetable

[@Peter-m5n7m]

ROTFLMAO!!!😂😂😂😂

[@yesyoucan5855]

Y’all out here giving passes to war criminals i don’t care about how much people he helped tell that to the victims he harmed if it was your family would you say the same

[@Ray-px5ov]

Is that a question or is it a statement?

[@Iloveswedes]

@@Ray-px5ov Punctuation is the most important concern on the Internet. It's a run-on sentence without any punctuation. Several statements.

[@Chris-tc2ez]

Who did he harm?

[@bevelinternational7527]

...man... I dunno bout this view

[@antonimartinez9961]

Damn Marc, you must really be desperate for views, am I right?

[@jaredgarrison333]

So what

[@bernadettegallagher431]

hee hee hee

[@d.o.z.e.shaolin7497]

Lmao but caping for the democrats in the passed two elections? Cmon Marc pick a damn stance already

[@Cedric-wp8xm]

Do you love America, Mr. Hill? I don't think I've ever heard you say anything good about it.

[@stikupartist3698]

Free Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[@Nancy-t5z7z]

Finally got an old white man off the gov't payroll. Significant amount reducing the deficit.

[@KevinWhite-hx7os]

I could care less about what Jimmy Carter did or who he became AFTER he was President. His (Cold War) foreign policy was the same as the presidents before & after him: anti-Cuba, anti-Castro, anti-communism, anti-socialism, etc. His administration destabilized and undermined these small island developing states: Maurice Bishop of Grenada tried to establish normal diplomatic relations with the Jimmy Carter administration after the 1979 revolution, which was backed by the masses of the Grenadian people. NO aid, no trade, and no investments between Grenada and disUnited states! Under the Jimmy Carter administration, the CIA was involved in the political violence taken place during Jamaica's 1980 election campaign, supplying weapons to the JLP vigilantes to oppose the PNP's democratic socialist government of Michael Manley and his supporters. American guns exported from the shores of disUnited states!