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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
Whataboutism is so infuriating....it minimalizes the topic of discussion. To the benefit of the subject of that discussion.
It lets Russia off the hook, which isn't surprising, since it is a classic Soviet logical fallacy.
Russia, and those that enable this war in any way, shape, or form, deserve nothing but the utmost scorn and disgust.
Until Russia has a moment of national contrition similar to Germany after World War 2, they shouldn't get to be part of global civilized society. Because either overtly or by silence, they enable these atrocities.
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How can you judge the scale of the atrocities they're committing other than by comparing them to other countries/situations?
I guess it depends on your perspective. If you think that pretty much all war is awful and basically any war of aggression is a war crime, comparing Russian atrocities to ones by other countries doesn't minimize or excuse what they're guilty of. Are the Holocaust and German concentration camps any less horrific because of our internment camps? No, not in the slightest.