Comment on China says US broke international law by seizing oil tankers off Venezuela
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 17 hours agoI 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 17 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 16 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.
mrdown@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
The US blockade in cuba is 60 years old. The usa as a funder of israel occupation is responsible of the 19 years blockade in Gaza and the kidnapping and murdering of Palestinian fishen
Again China is terrible but the usa is worse
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Lol! Ummm, yeah. You get that those examples are not the same thing, though…right? The US isn’t actually “blockading” Cuba with military vessels in order to prevent traffic to and from the country. Don’t get me wrong…what they’re doing to Cuba is wrong. But it has nothing to do with illegally policing international waters.
And bringing up Israel, when talking about China / US similarities, is also not applicable. They have nothing to do with either situation. They’re committing their own crimes, completely independent of those being committed by China and the US.
This is what makes it “whataboutism”.