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The false equivalence is strong with this one. In no way shape or form is it even remotely similar.

funny_username 7y ago
Victor Jara would've loved to speak with you.
molteanu 7y ago
"Your boy cracked my son's head!" "Your boy started it first. He broke mine's leg!" "Yeah, a cracked head is not even remotely similar to a broken leg!" Moral of the story: Broken legs are normal.
- bilbo0s 7y ago
  In the world of international relations, there really are no good guys. But in a world where everyone is a bad guy, hypocrisy can be forgiven, since it keeps other bad guys in check despite its self-serving intent. Hypocrisy, whether European, Russian, American or Chinese, keeps the peace.
  - markdown 7y ago
    > In the world of international relations, there really are no good guys. Bhutan. Bhutan are the good guys.
    - modulos 7y ago
      Bhutan engaged in ethnic cleansing and expelled over 100,000 Lhotshampa into Nepal.
      - markdown 7y ago
        Googled it. Thanks for that. I was unaware. For anyone else: https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/bhutans-dark-secret-the-lhotshampa-expulsion/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/bhutans-dark-secret-the-lhot...
LudwigNagasena 7y ago
I challenge you to find a person in Eastern Europe or Middle East who wouldn’t crack up reading your comment. The realpolitik the US, China and Russia use are very similar.
- filoleg 7y ago
  As a person who spent majority of his life in Russia, your comment is the one that makes me crack up, not the parent one. And I can safely say that the same would hold true for most of the people from those countries who were lucky enough to be exposed to all sides of coverage on the issue. If you think the way western media covers things is biased and dishonest (which it sometimes is, I admit), you have no idea how bad it is over there. It is a completely different degree of delusion that cannot even be called "bending the truth", it is straight up aggressive lying and fear-mongering that can barely even be rivaled by Alex Jones and his InfoWars.
  - Aunche 7y ago
    Nobody is claiming that China and Russia have anything close to fair and balanced journalism. The above comment points out the irony that Americans are treating censorship on a Chinese social media app for teenagers as if it's the greatest threat to democracy, while their government bombs a country because they don't like the guy in charge.
  - LudwigNagasena 7y ago
    Uhm, I lived in Russia for 20 years so I know how biased it is.

Victor Jara would've loved to speak with you.

"Your boy cracked my son's head!" "Your boy started it first. He broke mine's leg!" "Yeah, a cracked head is not even remotely similar to a broken leg!" Moral of the story: Broken legs are normal.

bilbo0s 7y ago
In the world of international relations, there really are no good guys. But in a world where everyone is a bad guy, hypocrisy can be forgiven, since it keeps other bad guys in check despite its self-serving intent. Hypocrisy, whether European, Russian, American or Chinese, keeps the peace.
- markdown 7y ago
  > In the world of international relations, there really are no good guys. Bhutan. Bhutan are the good guys.
  - modulos 7y ago
    Bhutan engaged in ethnic cleansing and expelled over 100,000 Lhotshampa into Nepal.
    - markdown 7y ago
      Googled it. Thanks for that. I was unaware. For anyone else: https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/bhutans-dark-secret-the-lhotshampa-expulsion/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/bhutans-dark-secret-the-lhot...

LudwigNagasena 7y ago

I challenge you to find a person in Eastern Europe or Middle East who wouldn’t crack up reading your comment. The realpolitik the US, China and Russia use are very similar.

filoleg 7y ago
As a person who spent majority of his life in Russia, your comment is the one that makes me crack up, not the parent one. And I can safely say that the same would hold true for most of the people from those countries who were lucky enough to be exposed to all sides of coverage on the issue. If you think the way western media covers things is biased and dishonest (which it sometimes is, I admit), you have no idea how bad it is over there. It is a completely different degree of delusion that cannot even be called "bending the truth", it is straight up aggressive lying and fear-mongering that can barely even be rivaled by Alex Jones and his InfoWars.
- Aunche 7y ago
  Nobody is claiming that China and Russia have anything close to fair and balanced journalism. The above comment points out the irony that Americans are treating censorship on a Chinese social media app for teenagers as if it's the greatest threat to democracy, while their government bombs a country because they don't like the guy in charge.
- LudwigNagasena 7y ago
  Uhm, I lived in Russia for 20 years so I know how biased it is.