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It’s a very appropriate response to a hagiographic description of a man who was directly responsible for the death and suffering of innocents. That’s not “whata
by vogon_laureate 5y ago
It’s a very appropriate response to a hagiographic description of a man who was directly responsible for the death and suffering of innocents. That’s not “whataboutism”.
Whataboutism would be if the commenter were to point out that eg. Bill Gates is also really pro-healthcare and used his capitalist-derived billions to improve the lives of countless millions more people than the aforementioned homophobic communist tyrant.
- celticninja 5y agoI disagree.
- vogon_laureate 5y agoSuch a truly enriching riposte. It will take me eons to unpack it.
- celticninja 5y agoI didn't see the value in an argument.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- pinkviper 5y agoWe should have the same cynicism towards american leaders. Barak Obama is a mass murdered (far worse than Che). Bush killed more than a million iraqis (far worse than Che). Clinton bombed a pharma factory killing millions (far worse than Che). So if you want to do whataboutism start with the US first, the single biggest perpetrator of violence in the world.