right, sorry for bringing up the US and Taiwan while we were talking about ... the US and Taiwan.

Really gives the game away that "whataboutism" just means "there can be no criticism of the US empire".

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It's always been like this. Back when Godwin's Law was hip and cool I had a lib pull it on me during an argument about World War II.

    • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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      edit-2
      2 years ago

      You brought up Hitler/the Nazis during an argument about World War II? You fucking monster

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Godwin's Law mutated from "every online conversation converges to Hitler" prosac truism into some kind of "mentioning Hitler means you lose" gotcha.