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And the US eliminated the largest freshwater lake West of the Mississippi [1]. [1] (largest by area) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake https://en.wikip
by cjensen 11y ago
And the US eliminated the largest freshwater lake West of the Mississippi [1].
[1] (largest by area) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake
- JBReefer 11y agoA. Whataboutism is lame B. The Aral Sea was 10x larger [1] C. I do appreciate the irony of A D. the scale of both is mindblowing, so I upvoted you [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea
- cjensen 11y agoSorry: I meant that as a response to the notion that the Soviets made a unique error with the Aral (hence the "don't blame us" stated in the parent) rather than being a common symptom of water diversion worldwide. It was not meant as to be a whataboutism, which is an awesome word for bad moral equivalence. I am so stealing that.
- awakeasleep 11y agoWhataboutism is lame when used to excuse a behavior, but completely valid when used to rebut accusations of unique malfeasance. There is a big difference between something being your problem vs our problem.
- Turing_Machine 11y agoWikipedia is wrong there. It lists a maximum surface area of 1,780 km^2 (690 sq mi) for Tulare Lake, while Lake Iliamna in Alaska is 2,622 km^2 (1,012.5 sq mi).