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> Isn't it obvious that Iran is just playing politics here? > If I were an adversary of the US, I'd want to shine light on racial and political division. Yes,
by tablespoon 5y ago
> Isn't it obvious that Iran is just playing politics here?
> If I were an adversary of the US, I'd want to shine light on racial and political division.
Yes, it's literally classic whataboutism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes
> "And you are lynching Negroes" (Russian: "А у вас негров линчуют", A u vas negrov linchuyut; which also means "Yet, in your [country], [they] lynch Negroes" and the modern translation "And you are lynching black people") are catchphrases that describe or satirize Soviet Union responses to United States criticisms of Soviet human rights violations.[1][2]