Oh, now they suddenly care about international law?
This is your original comment. The point you were making is LITERALLY whataboutism.
The US is factually violating international law. China called them out. You said “but what about China violating international law”.
It doesn’t get much more whataboutism than that. So let me continue you the trend here.
You think the commenter you were replying to is doing a whataboutism? What about your whataboutism?!
mrdown@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
It’s not whataboutism . You said China is worse than the usa is not respecting international laws and maritime laws. I gave you all the evidence of why I think the usa ia worth.
Yes it is hilarious when China and Russia claim to care about inteenational laws but it is even more hilarious when the USA and it’s ally claim it. Like canada claiming to want a two state solution in Gaza at the same time allowing selling of occupied land in Synaguoges and allowing an IDF soldier to talk in an University
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
I never said China was worse…only that they’re also violating the very same laws they’re criticizing the US for violating. If the hypocrisy wasn’t so on-the-nose, I wouldn’t have said anything…but this is just laughable.
mrdown@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
No, your argument was more than just China being hypocritical which i agree with you on that. You said China is the last country who should talk about international and maritine laws. I think the usa is the last since they are worse than China but doesn’t makes China better
Shouldn’t the worse be the last to talk about it?
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
“The worst” is the subject of their criticism. Are you expecting them to criticize themselves? Because if they did, that would be a rare example of self-awareness on their part…not an act of hypocrisy.
But considering China has been blatantly and willfully violating the neutrality of international waters for years now, it is surprising they don’t see their own hypocrisy here. A fitting analogy would be Russia criticizing Israel for stealing land from Palestinians. Sure, you can make some arguments about the scale of the comparison…but it’s basically a “pot calling the kettle black” scenario, all the same.