• Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        I live in America, pointing out its barbaric prison system and its piggish enforcers is just me raising a political issue I have as a citizen. The whataboutism is actually coming from the people trying to make a country on the other side of the planet out to be an “even worse” a police state than right here.

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          3 months ago

          It’s not zero-sum.

          You don’t understand what talking is for. You’re treating this like a game where you score points to win, instead of an effort for all parties involved to be less wrong about the world. I haven’t said shit about America - yet you’re going ‘meanwhile in America!’ as if that’d be relevant somehow. As if I’d minimized or misrepresented a massacre… the way you have.

          “Fuck that” doesn’t have to be comparative. You are unironically doing the tweet about waffles and pancakes. Cut it out.

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            3 months ago

            Thank you oh enlightened conversation-haver for explaining the symbolism of the Western media reporting on its state enemy.

            Profound irony to be claiming to be here looking for conversation like a post after just saying “whataboutism”

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              3 months ago

              Post irrelevant shit, have it called out. Whine about namedropping why that’s bad.

              Double down, have the problem explained in detail. Mock the effort and repeat the whining.

              How about fuckity bye.