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All of the populist far-right parties seem to lean on "whataboutism" as their main explanation for everything. "We did something bad? But what about that time t
by lkrubner 4y ago
All of the populist far-right parties seem to lean on "whataboutism" as their main explanation for everything. "We did something bad? But what about that time the other side also did something bad? Surely that means we are innocent?" At no point do they simply acknowledge how very sad this is. Poland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and yet it's being sacrificed to satisfy the greed of a few corporations.
From the Wikipedia page:
"The Polish government said that the perpetrators would be severely punished, however also blamed uninvolved opposition politicians Donald Tusk, Rafał Trzaskowski and compared the situation to other previous unrelated events in Warsaw and Gdańsk, where the opposition Civic Platform hold power. Grzegorz Witkowski, a government minister, as well as repeating the unfounded government claims, also blamed ecologists and stated that the river is safe to enter."
Grzegorz Witkowski is trying to bring back a pre-Gorbachev style of Communist communication. "The problem isn't that the river was poisoned, the problem is that ecologists have told people the river is poisoned."
- lkrubner 4y agoI've never had a comment on Hacker News that went up and down as much as this one. Up to 9 points at one point, then back to 1, then back up to 7, right now at 3 points. Interesting that this one apparently brings out very strong for and against responses.
- Guthur 4y agoYeah just like a recession is not a recession and that inflation is now 0 apparently. This is all statism 101, the state must survive above the nation.
- hawski 4y agoIn the state television on main news programme they basically played a 3 minute clip saying for about a minute that something happened with the river and other two slamming opposition for an incident on other river that is not really comperable in extens or even response. They driely mentioned though that the prime minister fired a few officials and ended with a jab at Germans.
- seba_dos1 4y agoNo need to downvote the parent, this really is an accurate representation of what the state television looks like in one of the European Union's democracies and how this disaster is being portrayed there. If you're in other parts of Europe, you may be unhappy with some of the media in your country as well, you may even think they're biased, but you're really not prepared for what TVP is these days.
- tailrecursion 4y ago"Poland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and yet it's being sacrificed to satisfy the greed of a few corporations." Is that what's happened here?