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Liberal Double Standards (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by hamid@crazypeople.online to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] idriss@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You know what's even more fucked up? Europe, Australia and even Ukraine sent troops also to murder Iraqis and Afghans then bragged how they did things for the US

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That certainly sounds like Europe, Australia, and Ukraine.

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[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Our humanitarian intervention vs. their FULL-SCALE invasion

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 weeks ago

Our benevolent soldiers vs their satanic death squads

[–] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 18 points 2 weeks ago

It's not just FULL-SCALE, it is also ILLEGAL!

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I really do think that liberals should take a hard look at themselves. They don't flinch to call Russian soldiers orcs, and ascribe to their foreign policy a mindless bloodthirst. Do they think of US soldiers the same way? Or US foreign policy (even under someone like darling Obama)? Seriously: who is more "evil" Putin or Obama? By what measure?

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

At least the Donbass was experiencing genuine turmoil. The Obama regime had to invent a pretext for invasion whole cloth. And fifteen years later NATO hasn't rebuilt even a single building in Libya. Mariupol looks a lot better than it did a year and a half ago.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Also works for them saying bomb them.

fuck those dirty Russians Ukraine should bomb all the cities

So you want them to hit civilians?

no I meant only places without people but still they need to retaliate

Then why say bomb the cities?

stop twisting my words when I want they're the evil bad ones

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Usually they just say there are no civilians in Russia and Ukraine killing ANY Russian is completely justified. Not the other way around though.

Also parallels their thoughts on Israel vs Palestine. Israel can kill any Palestinian and be "self defense" but when it comes to Israelis suddenly they care about the civilian distinction.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago

Calling for Russians to shoot Putin while condemining "political violins" when Trump got shot will never not be funny.

[–] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (55 children)

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[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 weeks ago

Both, both is good

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It isn’t “fuck the [imperialist/authoritarian nation] government and its enforcers” for most people?

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (27 children)

Russia isn't imperialist. Imperialism isn't when invasion or when big country is bad

Authoritarian is a useless pejorative as every nation that has been or currently is is "authoritarian".

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