• SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I’d upvote the meme if it wasn’t also controversial to criticize all war criminals, including both those at the top and the bottom.

    Edit: For a source, see people in this thread rushing to argue and feel called out when someone criticizes “all forms of imperialism”, including the Western ones.

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      5 months ago

      “Let’s criticise everything.”

      I mean there is a difference, and hearing “let’s criticise joe biden” after hearing about russia killing half a million people gets daunting in the long run. It feels like a new form of whataboutism.

      Sure we should criticise all bad things, but I don’t really feel we are not criticising the west, quite the opposite. China, NK, Iran (Russia starts to get some, but not enough IMO) not so much.

      What about Morocco? Mauretania, Kirgizistan or Libya? Or should we only have criticism for modern societies?

      I’m open for discussion of course.