this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
385 points (95.7% liked)

World News

32351 readers
475 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] space_frog@lemmyfly.org -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whattaboutisms don't vindicate Russia.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whattaboutism don't vindicate the US.

Also, the US is still occupying Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, Virgin Islands, France has the Guyana in South America, you only care when white people get fucked, you sleazy piece of racist.

[–] space_frog@lemmyfly.org -1 points 1 year ago

Okay che, remind me where I said the atrocities committed by the USA were totally cool? I'm just against wars of aggression and conquest. Take that as you will.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Calling whataboutism is a logical fallacy used to justify having a different set of standards for oneself and ones adversaries. It's not a serious argument. The west has positioned itself as having some sort of a high ground while doing the same and worse that it accuses Russia of doing. This isn't about vindicating anything, it's about having a consistent set of morals.