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Putin and Xi must be relieved to hear that Gawker going bankrupt is “one of the biggest attacks on freedom of the press in recent history.”
by jpttsn 9y ago
Putin and Xi must be relieved to hear that Gawker going bankrupt is “one of the biggest attacks on freedom of the press in recent history.”
- dguaraglia 9y agoContext is everything, isn't it? If I said that the North Bay fires were one of the biggest tragedies in recent memory, you wouldn't chastise me for not mentioning the Rohingya pogroms, would you?
- jpttsn 9y agoI wouldn’t say I chastised you.
- CalChris 9y agoWhataboutism.
- jpttsn 9y agoWhataboutism: you say ”this is bad” and I say ”but what about <other bad thing>.” Logical smooth sailing: you say “this is the worst” and I say “can’t be the worst because here is something worse.”