• Krause [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months ago

      You claimed the West has free press and doesn't imprison detractors, I gave you 3 examples of how this is not true, how is this "whataboutism"?

    • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      Whataboutism was originally used to defend Jim Crow any time the Soviet Union brought up how amerikkka is an apartheid state

      Whataboutism is an inherently thought terminating idea, to not be able to compare two similar things is downright anti human

      No it may be worse than that, even insects can compare two things

      Says a lot more about you that you even use that as an argument

      • el_abuelo@lemmy.ml
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        11 months ago

        The problem with your logic is that "they did it first, so we're going to do it second" leads to a never ending cycle of violence.

        I'm not saying it didn't happen, or doesn't matter because it's the West, I'm just saying that "west bad" is a fucking shit reason to kill 1m people invading another country.

            • boboblaw [he/him, they/them]
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              11 months ago

              No, I'm asking you for a solution to what you called a "problem with our logic".

              The problem with your logic is that "they did it first, so we're going to do it second" leads to a never ending cycle of violence.

              If you shouldn't respond to bad faith with bad faith, what should you do?