• AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Nice whataboutism, but I have the perfect counter: I don’t support the US and it’s history of invading other countries.

    Similarly, I don’t support Russia invading Ukraine. I don’t gamble so you can continue your “bets”, but I’d love to hear how supporting someone who is defending themselves is wrong.

    If someone breaks into your home and you fight for your life, I support you in that endeavor.

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      2 months ago

      You all need to stop claiming “whataboutism.” It is called a comparison, and if you supported it or not, it was a good comparison.

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        2 months ago

        I’m not y’all, I’m me. And no that was literally whataboutism.

        “[What about the fact that] US has invaded more countries than I care to find a list of.”

        Yeah what about it?

        I don’t support those invasions and them happening doesn’t justify the Russo-Ukrainian invasion. You chose to deflect and then bet about where the money was going, for some reason.

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          2 months ago

          Comparing isn’t “deflecting.” The fact that you also compared how you also didn’t support the US invasions to the Russia invasion kind of proves it was a fair and relevant comparison. YOU should consider calling some things "whataboutism"s is sometimes “deflecting”.

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            2 months ago

            What about China genociding uyghurs

            (Don’t mind me just comparing)(Lmao you’re a tool)