Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay

• guy@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Incorrect conclusions about bad actions being bad no matter who does it?

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  • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Bad actions have different intensities and scales. Such equal condemnation for unequal evil leads to people who refuse to take a Pro-Palestinian stance, which implicitly sides with Israel as the stronger force.

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    • guy@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The whole point is to condemn evil whatever the intensity, scale or who is responsible.
      But somehow it always comes to a comparison of evilness (obviously always the US) which somehow excuses (mostly Chinese or Russian) atrocities. And that is the issue.

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      • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I just showed you the consequence of your framing, correct? The goal isn’t to excuse anything, but to come to correct conclusions. Your line of thinking supports the genocide of Palestinians, because it becomes a toothless “both sides bad,” resulting in “continue the course.” It’s the equivalent of coming out and saying “cancer is bad,” it doesn’t change anything.

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