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You make some good points, and it would be good to discuss them in a post about those topics, rather than Russia's war of territorial conquest in Ukraine, which
by ImPostingOnHN 5y ago
You make some good points, and it would be good to discuss them in a post about those topics, rather than Russia's war of territorial conquest in Ukraine, which is what this post is about.
I'm sure you didn't mean to, and are a wonderful person, but the whataboutism detracts from the more important message about _this specific war_, and serves to deflect the criticism about the specific topic in this post.
- 0x737368 5y ago[flagged]
- waffleiron 5y ago>You make some good points, and it would be good to discuss them in a post about those topics The whole point is that "posts about those topics" never get the same type of traction as these posts do.
- ImPostingOnHN 5y agoThat is unfortunate, it may have something to do with the fact that this latest conquest of Ukraine by Russia started only days ago In any case, hijacking a discussion about this particular war and humanitarian crisis to talk about something else, just to get more traction, seems like an unfortunate and cynical ploy It's basically like Kanye coming into the thread and being like, "yo, victims of Russia's conquest of Ukraine, I'm'a let you finish, but these other victims are the best victims of ALL TIME"
- wbsss4412 5y agoI don’t think this rises to that level. OP clearly states that they think showing support for Ukraine is a good thing. Typically we consider whataboutism to be bad because it’s purpose as a rhetorical device is to deflect away criticism, but that isn’t what OP is doing. As such it is quite relevant and germane to this discussion. The way the western press is treating this conflict stands in stark contrast to others that do not take place in Europe.