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Topic	Ta-Nahesi Coates writes a great piece on Colin Kaepernick and cancel culture
snake1989 11/24/19 2:26:58 AM #35:	Thunder_Dogg posted... It's usually not a good idea to conflate whataboutism with pointing out parallels from a different perspective I don't know if I'd call them relevent parallels if what they're describing isn't really comparable beyond a superficial level. Saying "war was also morally questionable in Vietnam" in response to someone saying "drone strikes in populated areas seem morally questionable" isn't really a very meaningful response to the latter. Perhaps whataboutism isn't the correct term, but it sure sounded like whataboutism to me. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan <cite>snake1989 posted [p:930611933] in Ta-Nahesi ... [t:78191703]...</cite> <quote>Thunder_Dogg posted...</cite> <quote>It's usually not a good idea to conflate whataboutism with pointing out parallels from a different perspective</quote> I don't know if I'd call them relevent parallels if what they're describing isn't really comparable beyond a superficial level. Saying "war was also morally questionable in Vietnam" in response to someone saying "drone strikes in populated areas seem morally questionable" isn't really a very meaningful response to the latter. Perhaps whataboutism isn't the correct term, but it sure sounded like whataboutism to me. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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