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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not playing whataboutism games right now.

[-] AcidMarxist@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

its not whataboutism, Im saying a lake is a pond a pond is a lake. I watched john oliver in high school, but really tho would you have supported the entente in ww1 cuz the axis were "authoritarian"??? I know history, I know this shit is bullshit. I'll talk to you all day about the shortcomings of the USSR, or the PRC, or the DPRK, whatever the fuck, they all have valid criticism, but fuck if america aint some kinda authoritarian state, then idk what

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Whataboutism is when you hold two governments to the same standard.

If capitalist bootlickers didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Whataboutism is when you ignore a criticism of one party and instead say that another party is worse in some way, in order to distract from the original discussion. Hexbear users apparently love this underhanded tactic.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

See that's the fundamental mistake you libs make. You project your childlike black and white worldview onto people with a broader understanding, like the christians who think that atheists hate god.

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