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This kind of appeasement, the idea of minding only the business of your own country, seems a bit indefensible to me. And you cannot determine if one is a hypoc
by CrazyHumanist 9y ago
This kind of appeasement, the idea of minding only the business of your own country, seems a bit indefensible to me.
And you cannot determine if one is a hypocrite just from a fact, there's no outrage, or can you? Many solves this problem their way, pointing out, talking about it, criticizing it and so forth.
- nunobrito 9y agoWhen aptly criticizing another government as authoritarian and harassing a minority, while having their own government doing worse to the said minority, this can be seen by others as: a) exceptionalism (double standards) b) cognitive dissonance c) hypocrisy There is no higher moral ground on this situation so option c) would be suited. It is great when we strive to get better human rights for everyone, and yet the human rights for the citizens of another country are being threatened by religious extremists. How the government of this other country replies is really their own business whether we like it or not. Is it a mass violation of human rights? Perhaps. What made them reach such decision? We don't know either. Are we in the west doing any better? No. China is not bombing Syria nor toppling moderate Islamic governments in North Africa. This bad situation won't charge in our own turf while the majority of netizens think that this only happens in other turfs.