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minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoYes this is bad. And also USA systemically tortures thousands of people for decades at a time and it’s completely “normal”. https://solitarywatch.org/facts/faq/ https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/02/united-states-prolonged-solitary-confinement-amounts-psychological-torture
minus-squareSina@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoEven for whataboutism this is a rather weak argument, like how is that even remotely the same.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoWhen you discuss, say, an execution in the USA… do you also post Iranian executions? Hmmm? Answer me.
Yes this is bad.
And also USA systemically tortures thousands of people for decades at a time and it’s completely “normal”.
Butwhatabout
Even for whataboutism this is a rather weak argument, like how is that even remotely the same.
When you discuss, say, an execution in the USA… do you also post Iranian executions?
Hmmm? Answer me.