5 ms·
The questions were valid though. Please check my account age and then can i also get the answers which op asked.
by zolosa 5y ago
The questions were valid though. Please check my account age and then can i also get the answers which op asked.
- decebalus1 5y agoNo, they're actually not valid <in this context>. This is textbook whataboutism and not worth engaging. Cheers!
- AnAmericanPOV64 5y agoBy whataboutism, do you mean pointing out the West's hypocrisy? Why don't you just answer his question? Personally, I support the banning of Russian, Saudi, and Israeli accounts. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
- decebalus1 5y agoThe company has employees in Ukraine. And you're also a new account with only 2 comments specifically about this issue. What unit are you in, tovarisch?
- RyEgswuCsn 5y ago> I guess I'm asking is this, are you doing this for free publicity or for genuine moral concern. Not all "what about all the other countries" questions are whataboutism. The author was not trying to justify the invasions because other countries were doing it too, but was to point out the inconsistency in the reasoning stated by Namecheap --- if it were a moral concern then it certainly appears to be an ingenuine one; if it were a PR move, then the pretension of it being a morally driven decision really defeats the purpose of the message.
- decebalus1 5y agoThe company has employees in Ukraine. I think that's a pretty good reason, isn't it?
- tiagod 5y agoThat reason was not given in the OPs tweet, that's the whole point.
- sudosysgen 5y agoYou are using whataboutism fallaciously. Pointing out double standards isn't whataboutism.
- decebalus1 5y agoThe company has employees in Ukraine. Where's the double standard?
- sudosysgen 5y agoFrom the statement: "Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer be providing services to users registered in Russia." The double standard accusation comes from assuming good faith on the part of Namecheap. Since I am assuming Namecheap is being truthful, the double standard is that many countries have committed far worse war crimes and human rights violations - yet Namecheap seems not to care. If you aren't assuming good faith, and you think that the reason is actually just that they have employees in Ukraine, then the language on the notice is a lie which could only have been there to get better PR. Since I assume good faith, I'll interpret it as a double standard instead.
- clusterfish 5y agoI hope your own country / city / office / home never gets shelled, so that you never have to learn the difference between caring for your home and a "double standard". Nothing easier than armchair demagoguery, until a grad shell lands in your daughter's bedroom.
- sudosysgen 5y ago
- clusterfish 5y agoDon't bullshit me, you were talking about Namecheap's response, not other countries' sanctions. The sanctioning countries are third parties to this conflict. You can talk about their double standards all you want, I won't disagree. But Namecheap is not a third party to this conflict. They have full right to care more about what is happening to themselves and their families than what happens to people in other unrelated countries and their families. Their reasoning in the email is a factual truth: war crimes in Ukraine specifically. They're allowed to care about themselves. You don't have to care about them yourself, being a third party that has the luxury of double standards in this conflict. But don't project your current position in this conflict onto them, and don't hide your envy or indifference behind demagoguery about their email's wording.