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Fair enough regarding the subtleties of tu quoque, and thank you for the insight. Whataboutism provides no support, or extremely weak support, to justify the p
by treetalker 1y ago
Fair enough regarding the subtleties of tu quoque, and thank you for the insight.
Whataboutism provides no support, or extremely weak support, to justify the pardon at issue. Nor does the rest: first, the "no other alternative" injects something entirely new into the discussion; and second, it does not justify the pardon, but attempts to justify either the person effecting the pardon or, more expressly, voting for that person.
On a more-pedestrian level, all that sounds like a shrug while saying "Trump gonna Trump!"
- roenxi 1y agoPresident going to president. I'd advise most people save their outrage for when Trump pardons his extended family at the end of his term a la Biden. I expect it'll be an ongoing feature of presidential politics and that seems like a bigger problem with corrupt pardons than this excessive ballroom. There should be an expectation that presidents - and their families - are not above the law. > Nor does the rest: first, the "no other alternative" injects something entirely new into the discussion I'm engaging in whataboutisms. Talking about the alternatives is very much already in the conversation. Trump isn't a president because everyone thinks Trump is the best man in the US for the job, it is because the alternative was the Biden/Harris administration or some generic Republican failure. And despite the quality of the opposition it still wasn't a sure win for him, which says a lot about how people are viewing the situation.