Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoA very unbiased headlinehexbear.netimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1162arrow-down1imageA very unbiased headlinehexbear.netAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/17/europe/putin-wins-russia-presidential-election-intl :Spider-Man-point:
minus-squaretocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-28 months ago “Sure whatever, now admit the state of democracy in your western country is about the same or worse and how that is the problem, Putin isn’t special.” Hey wait but isn’t that almost a whataboutism??? CHECKMATE TANKIE
minus-squareCarbonScored [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 months agoFuck, you’re right. By pointing out a second, very related problem and how fixing just one achieves nothing, I have committed the cardinal sin of whataboutism and all I have said becomes invalid
minus-squareWHATABOUTISM_DETECTOR [it/its]@hexbear.netBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months ago whataboutism
minus-squareCarbonScored [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoMY GUILT IS PROVED
Hey wait but isn’t that almost a whataboutism??? CHECKMATE TANKIE
Fuck, you’re right. By pointing out a second, very related problem and how fixing just one achieves nothing, I have committed the cardinal sin of whataboutism and all I have said becomes invalid
MY GUILT IS PROVED