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This and the parent's argument are just whataboutism.
by restes 4y ago
This and the parent's argument are just whataboutism.
- bcassedy 4y agoWhataboutism is a valid concern when discussing justice imo
- RhysU 4y agoDisagree. An outcome is "just or not just" for me independent of if you got the same outcome. I believe that you meant "fair".
- bcassedy 4y agoIf you take "just" to mean "justifiable", sure. That meaning doesn't really make sense in the context of this discussion though, so yes I am invoking one of the definitions related to fairness.
- anjel 4y agoGiven the same crime, should justice and sentencing be arbitrary or equivalent? Contextualized to the Nixonian origins of the "war" on "drugs," the US socioeconomic sentencing disparities are the common element linking all drug convictions, from the streets of Baltimore/Camden/Detroit to any one of the Sacklers palatial manors.