• ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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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

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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]@hexbear.net
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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?