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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried to block the anti-adblock and ended up just adblocking the entire website by accident. Guess I didn't need to read the article after all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I go straight to this conclusion when I hit a "Subscribe for only 5 dollars a month* or "Give us your email"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Damn, now they can't celebrate war criminals being given the nobel prize for peace.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It's racist to not give a black war criminal the Nobel Peace Prize.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn, now war criminals can't celebrate with those getting the Nobel Prize for science

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There will be plenty of Western ones present I am sure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What about, what about, what about

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't even get how this one is a whataboutism to be honest, you literally stated that war criminals can't celebrate with Nobel Prize winners and then somebody pointed out that there will be in fact be representatives from countries that have committed war crimes, or more accurately, have fulfilled every qualification for being war criminals but haven't been sentenced or punished because they control the institutions.

if you'd have said "Russian, Iranian, and Belarusian war criminals can't celebrate..." then you'd still be a complete fucking dipshit but at least you wouldn't be totally incorrect in your accusation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Neolibs use "whataboutism" to avoid responding to comments that actually make them consider whether their beliefs are silly or not. Instead of actually considering the argument they slit out a buzzword and promptly ignore whatever was said.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Well yes, what about it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not even the same commitee dimwit

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The kbin thumbnail is literally a frost giant. I'm imagining the old norse gods proclaiming who gets to go to the nobel prize ceremony. https://kbin.social/media/cache/resolve/entry_thumb/9c/d1/9cd1f6e2e1daa45dde936c4a1a7f948946313edda2debb4294e9b0b8d8040c6c.png

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Sometimes I love this glitch

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

This kind of selective application of values - where warcrimes are ignored or acknowledged purely based on geopolitical alignment - is more loathsome to me than no application of values at all: cynical, bad faith, weaponised hypocrisy.