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classic whatabout-ism that doesn't hold up to scrutiny, and more importantly doesn't matter. "America is also bad!" would not be a defense to selling chemical
by rtpg 9y ago
classic whatabout-ism that doesn't hold up to scrutiny, and more importantly doesn't matter.
"America is also bad!" would not be a defense to selling chemical weapons to Hussein. It's not a defense to helping build the Great Firewall. Your actions' consequences are your fault.
- rorykoehler 9y agoIt's not whatabout-ism. The question was why is Saudi money accepted. Human-rights violations is totally irrelevant. If it were a leading concern then companies couldn't accept American money either. SpaceX basically couldn't exist. Humans rights is about political power nothing else. Saudis are already dancing to the USA's tune so the US doesn't roll out the human rights and democracy trope. Instead they trade.
- mseebach 9y agoYes it's whataboutism. Human rights violations aren't binary and the Saudi variety is in a different class entirely from the US.
- rorykoehler 9y ago>different class entirely from the US Could you elaborate how you came to this conclusion?
- ringaroundthetx 9y agothat awkward moment when you realize whataboutism has been a valid argument for a half century
- wz1000 9y ago> "America is also bad!" would not be a defense to selling chemical weapons to Hussein. Ah, but America has also done this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riegle_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riegle_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War#Iraq_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War#Iraq_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93United_States_relations#Iran-Iraq_War_and_resumption_of_diplomatic_ties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93United_States_rel...