• GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    The Soviets invaded Poland in conjunction with the Nazis under the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, are you sure you want to go down that route now?

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      13 hours ago

      A)Whataboutism:)

      B) Absolutely reddit brained and incorrect. The nazis invaded, the government collapsed, then the Soviets moved in from the east to evacuate civillians and secure defensive positions. This action saved 7 million people, as opposed to the Finnish participation in the Nazi seige of Leningrad which killed a million people. And that’s not even getting into Finland’s concentration camps.

      Now what kind of person would equivocate the two, I wonder?🤔

      • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        You’re misusing “whataboutism”, you should drop that from your rotation.

        We’re not limited to one point of discussion here, etc.

        Primus~ “He’s a murderer, how dare he murder Bob!”

        Secundus~ “That’s because Bob killed his entire family!”

        Primus~ “Whataboutism!”

        Secundus~ “You win the debate, I am wrong, I’m sorry.”

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

        I know you’ve heard the term many times and are excited to join in… but don’t.