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My deep embarassment at the peace wrecking actions of the other wrongdoer (USA) as a citizen of the country in no way diminishes my absolute condemnation of Rus
by datameta 5y ago
My deep embarassment at the peace wrecking actions of the other wrongdoer (USA) as a citizen of the country in no way diminishes my absolute condemnation of Russia's actions toward Ukraine, as someone whose ancestry is from both the perpetrator and victim nation.
- throwaway210222 5y agoMy thoughts exactly. So lets deal with Russia today, and de-fang the USA tomorrow at 9am. No? Why not? See?
- datameta 5y agoI'm not quite sure if you followed what I had said. Let us assume one can directly measure wrongdoing and correlate a level of condemnation. For the sake of argument let us say the USA is deserving of 100 units of condemnation, whereas Russia is only fit to receive 50. This is not an equation that becomes 50 and 0. All that Russia is responsible for is still equally hegemonic, internationally illegal, amoral, and unethical. In so many words I am essentially saying that whataboutism does not add to the discourse and in fact derails and detracts.