• Glytch@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Did they kidnap ship workers

    Likely yes

    woman and children to torture, rape and kill them

    Most of the founding fathers were slave owners so that’s a yes to that as well

    Did they parade naked woman through the street?

    Americans called it a slave auction

    Was their Slogan “death to america”?

    Of course not. They were America so why would they say “death to us”? It was more like “death to England and the tyrant King George”.

    Life isn’t black and white.

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        5 days ago

        Yeah, that’s not what whataboutism is. The person was asked several questions, and they answered them. They even quoted each individual question before answering it.

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        6 days ago

        How is this “whataboutism”? They gave instances for every one of your hypotheticals.

        I do think that Hamas and Houthis are generally vile human-beings and that the West should not be cheering for the Shia muslim faction. But it is also true that they represent freedom fighters to some - especially those in Palestine currently being murdered (genocide) so Israel can have more living space