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If Charles Manson had said murder was wrong, we might have doubted his sincerity but hardly the point of the actual statement.
by rebuilder 5y ago
If Charles Manson had said murder was wrong, we might have doubted his sincerity but hardly the point of the actual statement.
- ghostwriter 5y agoin this case, it is more akin to Charles Manson condemning Shoko Asahara for cult activity, and dismissing his "then why are you doing it?" as "whataboutism". It is important to know whether the condemning party applies the same standards to their own activities, because there's no possibility of resolving the issue at hand without both parties applying the same principles and standards on everyone, including themselves. And dismissing the significance of this knowledge as "whataboutism" is short-sighted, because it's the tool of establishing standards of morality, and it gives a hint to third parties about the nature of their neighbours involved in the dispute.