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Loads of things wrong with this interpretation; just to point out a few: - it’s pointless to insist on zero hypocrisy before entertaining the ideas of another
by MrWiffles 5y ago
Loads of things wrong with this interpretation; just to point out a few:
- it’s pointless to insist on zero hypocrisy before entertaining the ideas of another because there’s no such thing in any human and never has been. You’re a hypocrite. So am i. Get over it.
- “what about x?” distracts from the issue being discussed and usually has absolutely nothing to do with it anyway
For example, imagine something like this:
Pro-Invasion guy: “Putin is right, the US pushed them into this, they’re acting in self defense!”
Not-Bullshit guy: “Oh come on, it’s not like the US or NATO launched an attack from a base of operations within Ukraine.“
PIG: “What about the US invasion of Iraq under the Bush doctrine of preemptive war?”
The two are entirely unrelated for a myriad of reasons. It’s a purely emotional reaction meant to vindicate your fragile little ego, and nothing more. Worst of all, it wastes time and effort that’s better spent working the real problem. We could have been finding ways to help the Russian people circumvent Putin’s news censorship instead of this just now, which would have done a hell of a lot more to promote the cause of human liberty than this discussion, and possibly could have indirectly saved lives in the long run.
But here we are…