• couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    Ok so your counter argument to “but they killed 20k protestors” is literally “would it really be better if they only killed 2?”

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      7 days ago

      no. its not an argument it is a question to the interlocutor; if they are mad at iran but not mad at the US they clearly have a number that is ok.

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        6 days ago

        “If they are mad at Iran and not mad at the US…” It’s because they’re racist. It’s not a numbers thing. US sanctions kill 500 thousand people every year. The death and destruction that the US has brought upon the world is astronomical, but because of US exceptionalism, a lot of people refuse to see it, especially in the West.

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            6 days ago

            Ok so you understand that it should be zero, but you can’t comprehend that the one is closer to it than the other

            Room for growth

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              6 days ago

              ….I am asking others why they are ok with 2 but not ok with 2000. Are you being thick on purpose?

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                6 days ago

                Who said they were “ok with 2”? You just fantasized that

                Even then, you’d have to be pretty thick to equate that to 20k

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                  6 days ago

                  Not equating. Scaling. The folks who are not upset that ICE murdered 2 but also still think Iran is evil because they got 2000… means there has to be some sort of number where they turn a corner and think “ok bad.”

                  You can’t seem to read what I am saying without forming a reply that indicates you choose to be thick.

                  I’ll make it simple before I end the thread:

                  Anyone who is Ok with any number greater than zero is a piece of shit and 2 is as bad as 2000 because once you step off from zero there is no going back and the path to 2000 is only a matter of time.

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                    6 days ago

                    But who are you referring to that is ‘not upset with 2’?

                    You just made that up as an excuse for yourself not to worry about the 20.000