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Comment on India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing

If the US can go to space while issuing drone strikes on civilians, if Russia can go to space while invading countries, I don’t see why India can go to space while still being backwards about the caste system. Also it’s not like the government endorses the cast system, unlike the aforementioned examples.

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lasagna@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Whataboutism bs. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

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- puppy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah but I didn’t see anyone complaining when NASA Artemis was announced? Everyone rejoiced NASA’s return to space. So why the double standard towards India? Credit where credit is due don’t you think?
  
  Also what’s the caste system has anything to do with the Indian government? How do you think the government has enforced it? What do you think the government should do instead? I am not Indian mind you, but I am sick of these holier than thou attitude of westerners.
  
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  - lasagna@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Credit is definitely due and this is an amazing feat by India.
    
    I haven’t bothered to discuss the other topic. Is there even any point when US issues are always on the front page here? I probably know more about US politics than my own country at this point.
    
    Though of course you could also go there and take a jab at Americans. Let me know when you do so I can give you some support.
    
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    puppy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    I haven’t bothered to discuss the other topic.
    
    Exactly. Yet you’ve already decided that the government is responsible. Otherwise it wouldn’t constitute a “whataboutism”. There are many cases of “a Texas man doing this and a Florida man doing that” but nobody has blamed the government for these.
    
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  - cubedsteaks@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    Everyone rejoiced NASA’s return to space
    
    not me but whatever.
    
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- kava@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I hate the term whataboutism
  
  It’s OK to point out hypocrisy. In fact, I think it should be forefront on everyone’s mind when your government is criticizing some other government for things they do themselves
  
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  - rhombus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    In the case of one government criticizing another it’s definitely fair to point out hypocrisy. The problem is that in most cases it’s used to avoid discussion on a topic by changing the subject of the debate.
    
    That said, it is also fair to say that the first comment kind of shoehorned in the caste system on a topic that had nothing to do with it.
    
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