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Bernie Sanders gets fact checked (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] RickC137@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whataboutism is: "You said x but what about y?" Which doesn't make x any less valid or problematic.

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Implying that the US chooses foreign support on the basis of democratic principles is misleading at-best

It's like me telling my doctor that I have a glass of wine a day, even though I also have a bottle of whiskey a day.