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Another reason I might bring up the US is because in certain contexts especially concerning geopolitics, references to Russia as “the bad guy” is used to justif
by therobots927 2y ago
Another reason I might bring up the US is because in certain contexts especially concerning geopolitics, references to Russia as “the bad guy” is used to justify all kinds of things. The same way Communism (I.e the USSR) was used as a boogeyman to justify US behavior in Vietnam (bombing civilians). Does that mean that I don’t support the US over Russia? Of course I do. I’m a citizen of the US. But I don’t like language like “the real bad guy”. It’s not whataboutism in that context.
- gambiting 2y agoI mean, I appreciate that you comment from your own perspective as a US citizen, but I think it's just jarring because 1) even the article didn't mention it, so it feels like a forced comment to say "well, there are only shades of grey". 2) folks who aren't US citizens don't vibe with your perspective the same way. As a Pole I see Russians as unequivcally "the bad guys" because they have done the exact same kind of thing to our country to Polish people in the past. The tales of Polish prisoners in Russian work camps are numerous and pretty much the same as this article describes.
- therobots927 2y agoThat’s completely fair and I wasn’t trying to diminish the crimes of Russia. I shouldn’t have immediately gone to the secondary discussion about US foreign policy