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Strangelove wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:33 pm .
Per pretending there are still unbiased/bipartisan news sources/lawyers in this day and age... :lol:
Haha totally.

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The Brown Wizard wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:56 pm
Strangelove wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:33 pm .
Per pretending there are still unbiased/bipartisan news sources/lawyers in this day and age... :lol:
Haha totally.

Sorry Per there is no honour in this world...only money
Maybe in America. There it has deteriorated to a point where people don’t just have different opinions, but alternative facts.

In most of the world we still think there is a difference between facts and lies.
And most media outlets like to stick to the facts. Sure, every media outlet has a bias, one way or another, so they may interpret the facts slightly differently, but they still try to base their reporting on facts. Journalists who lie tend to get fired.
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I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
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Strangelove wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:22 pm[mod edit]
For the record, I preemptively mod-edited myself last night and thought to myself:

"This is hilarious now but probably won't be tomorrow".

But nope! Still hilarious. :drink:

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Strangelove wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 2:39 pm
Strangelove wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:22 pm[mod edit]
For the record, I preemptively mod-edited myself last night and thought to myself:

"This is hilarious now but probably won't be tomorrow".

But nope! Still hilarious. :drink:

Maybe you had to be there...
You guys are having a great time all by yourselves aren't you?

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So you are saying the Russians won? :|

Throughout the Cold War, the US always tried to claim moral superiority to the Soviet Union.
The Soviets always scoffed at this and would counter any criticism of their human rights violations or breaches of international law with a ”well, what about...” trying to divert attention to some other matter.

The basic idea of whataboutism is to muddy the waters, so that there are no absolutes. Nothing is right or wrong, nothing is true or false.

This good ole Soviet propaganda tool has made a comeback under former KGB colonel Putin, and he has been pushing it not only through sites like Sputnik or RT, but also through various obscure alt right channels. And it seems to be spreading. Especially in the USA people no longer agree on what is true, which is devastating for a society. As long as you agree on the basics, you can have a civil discourse over your political disagreements, but when both sides are convinced the opponents are corrupt liars, society starts to disintegrate.

The Russians have long tried to achieve this kind of discord in the USA and Western Europe, and judging from your recent comments, it seems they are starting to succeed. :(

https://www.npr.org/2017/03/17/52043507 ... ataboutism
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And the US and European powers have done the same around the world.
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Topper wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:08 am And the US and European powers have done the same around the world.
OK, Alex... my answer is... What is whataboutism?
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Per wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:49 am
Topper wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:08 am And the US and European powers have done the same around the world.
OK, Alex... my answer is... What is whataboutism?
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My favourite part from the article I linked to:
Whataboutism — particularly directed toward the U.S. — was so pervasive in the USSR that it became a joke among Soviets, often in a subversive genre called "Armenian Radio" jokes, explains one Russia analyst.

"Armenian Radio would be asked, 'How much does a Soviet engineer get paid?' and they'd be like, 'I don't know, but you lynch Negroes!”
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WASHINGTON — More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr.

They also urged current government employees to report any signs of unethical behavior at the Justice Department to the agency’s inspector general and to Congress.

“Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice,” the former Justice Department lawyers, who came from across the political spectrum, wrote in an open letter on Sunday. Those actions, they said, “require Mr. Barr to resign.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/us/p ... tment.html

Yeah, As I've stated before, if you believe in the concept of rule of law, it is absolutely fundamental that government officials do not intervene in court cases. That ruins the whole concept of an independent judiciary and is the first step on a slippery slope toward dictatorship.
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