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> If that is acting badly then how would you describe how the UK and the US have been acting in the same period? ah there's the whataboutism it's an overused
by pwaai 9y ago
> If that is acting badly then how would you describe how the UK and the US have been acting in the same period?
ah there's the whataboutism
it's an overused and a poor case against the West.
Yes, North Korea has been acting particularly bad, as Korean, it strongly irks me when people talk out of their mouth when they aren't familiar with the subject.
South Korea has constantly suffered the brunt of North Korea aggression. It's hard to continue a logical debate with somebody who rejects facts and continues to make illogical arguments.
Seems like you are born in Czech. I think USSR was in the right when they crushed dissent because Czech was a bad communist country. See how that works?
- smcl 9y agoIf you think I've got some anti-west agenda, this is not the case. Here's all that I think - we've basically invaded and ruined so many countries over the last 50 years or so, and generally left them worse off. I want that and the hawkish, pro-war, "the other guys are bad, and we are good" rhetoric to stop. That's it. We can't just bat away all criticism or context by dismissing it as "whataboutism". It is very tempting but it is lazy and it does not serve you - it lets our leaders off the hook, normalises hatred & suffering, and permits the cycle of violence to continue. It also sounds like you're trying to rile me up by making a very "edgy" comment about the Prague Spring but that won't work because: a) I'm not Czech (the "we" I'm referring to is the UK, my home country) b) It was a poorly crafted analogy, in kinda poor taste
- pwaai 9y agoSo you'd understand why I took offense to your comment that "North Korea didnt do anything wrong", and if you were Czech you'd take offense to the Prague Spring because you know that USSR "did very wrong". I have trouble understanding people defending a country like North Korea out of all places with little understanding of the danger they pose and have posed since day 1.
- smcl 9y agoLook, you're getting all worked up about a comment you invented about me (I never commented that NK did nothing wrong) ... and then you're trolling me assuming I did say it, and suggested I would've been upset about the trolling if I also satisfied another of your inventions (my nationality). Dude, this is getting too weird for me I'm afraid. I'm out.