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This attempted generalization is a whataboutism. Very few governments initiate wars. It‘s only in this specific and utterly exceptional situation that yes, th
by axiosgunnar 5y ago
This attempted generalization is a whataboutism.
Very few governments initiate wars.
It‘s only in this specific and utterly exceptional situation that yes, the citizen's should be cancelled because their government started a war and sanctioning them is our only less-than-WW3 option.
- hnav 5y agoInterestingly, accusations of whataboutism are themselves kind of mindless. You do X, but so do you, whataboutism
- unmole 5y ago> This attempted generalization is a whataboutism. No, if I asked why the Saudis aren't getting sanctioned despite causing the deaths of a hundred thousand Yemenis, that would be whataboutism.