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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Nighed@sffa.community to c/world@lemmy.world

I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

Mods, feel free to remove if this is not newsy enough.

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[-] angrymouse@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

But complaining about whataboutism while you ignore the problem everytime somoeone powerfull or ally does sucks the same. A war of suckers.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But redirecting attention away from the topic being discussed just so you can whine about someone else doing the same makes it appear as if you’re justifying it so long as someone else does it.

Stop doing this. It’s juvenile and muddies the water. You want to discuss how shitty America is, do it in its own post where that can be discussed in full. Here, it doesn’t belong.

[-] angrymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not trying to do that, I'm trying to understand how to international interests interact with the war, if you really want to understand international conflicts you should do this all the time.

Saying "Hammas bad" is much more juvenile, and is equivalent of saying "fart" for the discussion

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Tf are you taking about?

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