• SignorPao@lemmy.world
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    1_ If the US did something like that, they must be criticized and punished in trials, nobody with a brain denies that. 2_ Just because the US did a bad thing doesn’t mean Russia is free to do it too. 3_ Whataboutism won’t change the fact Russia is a criminal state.

    • GoodPointSir@lemmy.ca
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      1. Yes, the US paid reparations to the Japanese for their racist policy against them. I’m pointing out what they did was racist and shitty, just like what Lithuania is doing is racist and shitty.

      2. I’m not arguing for Russia’s invasion, I’m arguing against forced deportation of Russian people from Lithuania.

      3. Whataboutism is using one evil to justify another evil. I’m using one evil to HIGHLIGHT another evil. In fact, bringing up the war in Ukraine to justify deporting Russians in Lithuania is Whataboutism.