Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 days agoAnd in this case, you replied to someone with .ml saying “why do .ml’s…” and “y’all…” You were clearly including them
I think I very much addressed that in two different points to be rehashing this.
Because of… the truth? Does being a “known violator of human rights” make it ok for people to spread lies?
You’re saying the same thing I’ve expressed but from a different angle. We’re almost down to splitting hairs, except that you’re taking my words to an extreme. Did I or did I not add the tongue-in-cheek qualifier “accidentally” to licking boots to signify the benefit of the doubt of the people falling into this trap?
If North Korea is my “enemy,” it’s certainly a very small and distant one that’s not really worth messing with.
Not so distant if we’re going to be fighting a proxy war against them. If you think they’re a remote country not participating in world affairs, then I’ve got recent news for you.
aljazeera.com/…/north-koreas-kim-voices-unconditi…
npr.org/…/north-korea-soldiers-russia-ukraine-war…
Objection@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
What “trap”?? The “trap” of correctly refuting misinformation? How generous of you!
Oh, well that’s very simple. Don’t fight a proxy war against them. I think I may not have expressed my position properly: there are no foreign threats anywhere that are anywhere near as important and dangerous as the ones here at home.
Let’s do a quick quiz. Question 1: I can’t afford health insurance. The people primarily responsible for me not having access to healthcare live in which city?
Question 2: Which country’s government poses the greatest threat to my safety and has the greatest ability to imprison/kill/harm me, as an American?
Now, would you kindly explain to me why I should rally behind the people who are most likely to harm me and who are the reason I don’t have healthcare against people thousands of miles away?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 days ago
What the fuck are you on about, Jessie?
Listen, if you’re going to be this disrespectfully disingenuous, I’d rather you stop right now because you’re already getting into the realm of obnoxious and condescending. Yuck.
Objection@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Saying that people are licking boots “accidentally” by calling out and refuting misinformation is not notably better than saying that they’re licking boots intentionally. “I should be able to say whatever I want about this country, true or not, and if people push back, they’re accidentally licking boots” doesn’t become ok because it includes the qualifier “accidentally.”
If I’ve misinterpreted you, you’re welcome to explain what you meant. Or to drop it in favor of my other points, which you seem to be evading.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Who is saying that?? 😅 If you in the process of clarifying something start overreaching in the wrong direction, you’re giving them leeway they don’t deserve. It’s simple, dude. I’ve seen it happen with people denying and downplaying horrible shit. Just like you want people to not overstate their actions, I don’t want people understating them either as I’ve seen some people do, on purpose or not aka “accidentally”, or as I’m thinking it, “sin querer queriendo”.
That’s the whole reason I’m telling you that I agree with you and that we’re fucking splitting hairs.
Loved the absurd tangent though, but I guess we need focus and surgical precision when it’s my turn to answer, huh.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
You hypocritical little toad.