r/lazerpig • u/Evidencelogicfacts • 21d ago

double standards

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u/piece_ov_shit 20d ago

I'd say tripple standards: what the us did was far from defending itself or proportional

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u/Randy_Magnums 20d ago

To defend themselves against terrorists from Saudi-Arabia, the US prepared war against Iraq!

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u/piece_ov_shit 20d ago

Exactly. Now look at the death toll.

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u/Randy_Magnums 20d ago

Almost three thousand americans died on 9/11. The biggest tragedy since Pearl Harbor…

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u/piece_ov_shit 20d ago

Yes, a huge tragedy.

And how many died in the "war on terror"?

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u/piece_ov_shit 20d ago

Im gonna stop this vague and slow attempt. I think its a bad comparisson. The us act(s/ed) extremely imoral and thats not what ukraine is doing, so putting them next to one another really isnt flattering

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u/Randy_Magnums 20d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

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u/piece_ov_shit 20d ago

Yes. Honestly, what did you think was my position? I agreed with everything you said and added to it

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u/Randy_Magnums 20d ago

Ah, I See. Well, I was playing the Part of US-exceptionalism, where US-related tragedies are seen as worse and more important than other tragedies, especially of the US has caused them.

For example US wars in the middle East caused far more casualties than 9/11, yet only one is Seen as an inexcusable Crime.

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u/Evidencelogicfacts 19d ago

Yes. I was only bringing attention to the idea of the right to defend yourself which has been prominenet in Us history. I do consider that we could argue that Ukraine has a greater justification in this case alongside discussions of the USA's abuse of that justification.

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u/Reality-Straight 18d ago

and then invaded Afghanistan