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China and geopolitical enemies of the US doing horrible things regularly gets hundreds of votes. It’s quite clear that this argument is mainly used to defend th
by waffleiron 7mo ago
China and geopolitical enemies of the US doing horrible things regularly gets hundreds of votes. It’s quite clear that this argument is mainly used to defend the US and it’s allies.
Just a single example of Russia, hundreds of votes and more than a thousand comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30458277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30458277
Edit; just search for Russia, China or Iran on https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ and you’ll find plenty of non tech stories.
- readthenotes1 7mo agoWhataboutism has no place in polite discussion: two, or more, wrongs don't make a right.
- enronmusk 7mo agoExposing double standards is not whataboutism.