You ever find it weird how the supposed sanctity of human life is overwritten by the need for personal comfort for 1st worlders

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I'll never forgive John Oliver for teaching the libs about whababoutism.

    • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      America: "You are the most evil country in existence because you do X. You must be destroyed."

      Other country: "But you do X even more."

      America: "Don't change the subject!"

    • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Whataboutism was specifically coined to denote the USSR pointing to the treatment of African-Americans, as if it wasn't a valid criticism for a nation positing itself as the "Leader of the Free World".

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It was also originally called "...and you lynch black people", but Americans changed it to "whataboutism" because you can't exactly recover from a burn like that.