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Of course in a war both sides shoot at each other. The hypocrisy comes when one side is good and the other is bad for doing the same thing. So it would be "The
by yibg 2y ago
Of course in a war both sides shoot at each other. The hypocrisy comes when one side is good and the other is bad for doing the same thing.
So it would be "The enemies soldiers are evil and just want us all dead, but we're the heros protecting our country".
- kiba 2y agoThere is such thing as bothsideism, which isn't necessarily better than "my side is only good". Sometime the world is indeed black and white. Other time, it's greyer if not outright muddy. In other words, it all depends.
- yibg 2y agoBlanket positions either way isn't good (both sides are equally good / bad or we're good they're evil). Nuance is always important I agree. But it's far more common for "us" to be the good guys and for "them" to be the bad guys. Even without knowing anything about "them".
- kiba 2y agoBut it's far more common for "us" to be the good guys and for "them" to be the bad guys. Even without knowing anything about "them". I would call that perspective too cynical for what the world actually looks like.
- armada651 2y agoIf only someone during WW2 saw the hypocrisy of shooting at German soldiers we could've avoided the whole war. Chamberlain was right all along!
- lenkite 2y agoNot merely the heroes: If the other nations of the world do not agree with us or trade with those we don't like, we will sanction you and/or encourage "regime change" via paid NGO's, misinformation, bald-faced lies and propaganda - but this is fine since we are the "good guys". Oh - and don't copy our laws regarding foreign agents. That is bad! Do as we SAY not as we do!