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Maybe a criticism against the hypocrisy of the western world and its moral superiority?

Mehjuiy 5y ago
In which sense? I'm not remembering a nuclear power taking over another democratic country in Europe for a long time. Or do you mean Asia? Or other regions of the world? Is it so hypocritic to say no and stand up to a bully who threatens the world with nukes? 'who needs a world without Russia in it's
- severino 5y ago
  Oh, I now understand. Victims only matter if they belong to a "democratic" country, or if they live in a place called Europe.
  - Mehjuiy 5y ago
    Don't interpretatr things into it which I didn't say. There is a diplomatic/global politics layer which you ignore.
- lamp987 5y ago
  it is pretty racist man europeans arent more "important" than other people
marcyb5st 5y ago
I'd like to point out that, before calling 600M people racists, there are different explanations. "Social Identity Theory" [1] being one of them. We Europeans could simply see Ukraine belonging to the same group (ie another European country) and hence emotional responses about an injustice are enhanced. This leads to more support for a member of said group compared to the same thing happening to someone belonging to a larger group (ie humanity as a whole). This doesn't have to be about racism and it's a fallacy almost all humans have. [1] https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html#:~:text=Social%20identity%20is%20a%20person's,of%20pride%20and%20self%2Desteem https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html....
- bigbillheck 5y ago
  Sounds like racism to me.
- lamp987 5y ago
  in-group preference, aka implicit racial bias, is still racism.
  - orwin 5y ago
    I odn't think it is racial. I'm a Palestine supporter too, i housed Kazakh refugees recently, my mother housed Georgians, and had my very catholic, conservative family do the same in the 2000s. They aren't caucasians, and are ethnically close to Syrian (turkomongols i guess?). But they are Christians, and Coptics do have a really good reputation in France (or at least in my part of France). It has everything to do with how you dress, your accent, and how the media portrayed you in the last 10 years.
  - marcyb5st 5y ago
    Maybe we have different definitions of racism. In my view one is racist when considers a particular ethnicity superior to another.

In which sense? I'm not remembering a nuclear power taking over another democratic country in Europe for a long time. Or do you mean Asia? Or other regions of the world? Is it so hypocritic to say no and stand up to a bully who threatens the world with nukes? 'who needs a world without Russia in it's

severino 5y ago
Oh, I now understand. Victims only matter if they belong to a "democratic" country, or if they live in a place called Europe.
- Mehjuiy 5y ago
  Don't interpretatr things into it which I didn't say. There is a diplomatic/global politics layer which you ignore.
lamp987 5y ago
it is pretty racist man europeans arent more "important" than other people

marcyb5st 5y ago

I'd like to point out that, before calling 600M people racists, there are different explanations. "Social Identity Theory" [1] being one of them. We Europeans could simply see Ukraine belonging to the same group (ie another European country) and hence emotional responses about an injustice are enhanced. This leads to more support for a member of said group compared to the same thing happening to someone belonging to a larger group (ie humanity as a whole). This doesn't have to be about racism and it's a fallacy almost all humans have. [1] https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html#:~:text=Social%20identity%20is%20a%20person's,of%20pride%20and%20self%2Desteem https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html....

bigbillheck 5y ago
Sounds like racism to me.
lamp987 5y ago
in-group preference, aka implicit racial bias, is still racism.
- orwin 5y ago
  I odn't think it is racial. I'm a Palestine supporter too, i housed Kazakh refugees recently, my mother housed Georgians, and had my very catholic, conservative family do the same in the 2000s. They aren't caucasians, and are ethnically close to Syrian (turkomongols i guess?). But they are Christians, and Coptics do have a really good reputation in France (or at least in my part of France). It has everything to do with how you dress, your accent, and how the media portrayed you in the last 10 years.
- marcyb5st 5y ago
  Maybe we have different definitions of racism. In my view one is racist when considers a particular ethnicity superior to another.