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Whataboutism is the worst. In Britain, I can freely say that Rishi Sunak is, I dunno, some random insult like a "paki". In the US, I can go even further than
by throwaway92931 4y ago
Whataboutism is the worst.
In Britain, I can freely say that Rishi Sunak is, I dunno, some random insult like a "paki". In the US, I can go even further than that: I can freely say that Joe Biden is a child molester. On a public website. I can register joebidenisachildmolester.com if I wished.
In China, if I say that Xi Jinping looks like Winnie the Pooh, I can be put in jail and disappeared. Much less say something absolutely true, such as Xi Jinping being a two-bit dictator.
There is very little in common between Britain (or the US) and China.
- photochemsyn 4y agoThe systems of authoritarian control in the USA and Britain are different in style from those employed in China, but they do share the same goal. Note also that the United States still has the world's most populated prison system, whether one measures in in absolute numbers or as a per capita percentage.
- PM_me_your_math 4y agoUSA also has a lot of violent and career criminals, many of them decades-long repeat offenders, so that should be factored into the equation or risk appearing disingenuous.