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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"bOtH sIDEs aRe BaD!"

Seriously one side is objectively worse.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not what I said at all. Try again.

This is about the common republican whataboutism, and clarifying that no political party is above scrutiny.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I read his comment as also being addressed to the Republicans in the back: a concurrence, not a rebuttal.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So many people online take replies as contradictions when they're meant to be support. It's frustrating.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Let's not get this twisted, there are likely zero Republicans on lemmy, and if there are, they can only be counted on one hand.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Heh there are conservative comms, they are bizarre.

[–] bradd@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Your opinion was already addressed by "lemmy is an echo chamber".

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

One side isnt objectively worse

They are only worse for the majority of humans and other species that live on Earth

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How is that not objectively worse?

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That's the joke TM

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its not objectively worse to black holes

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure bubonic plague isn't noticing, either.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

People downvoting you clearly aren't reading past the first line....