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One of my earliest wake up calls was when a certain president didn't outright dismantle the Patriot Act, allowing illegal privacy invasion policies on American citizens to continue and have now made the life of ICE officers a lot easier.
I wonder who that president was...
So instead of doing something about it you’re going for whataboutism, we’ll done, whatever makes you feel better about your inaction.
I swear to God, "whataboutism" just means, "You stated a fact I don't like." Of course it's relevant that the guy criticizing ICE was someone who could've actually done something about them and chose not to. What a load of bull.
Firstly, may I remind you that you are online? If you are going to criticize someone for inaction, maybe you should stop wasting time bishing and complaining cuz someone made a comment you didn't like on a social media feed, go outside, and take your own advice.
Secondly, pointing out hypocricy, especially as that hypocrisy relates to a person in power, and especially when said person in power is a former president of the US, is a far cry from whataboutism.
I can draw a straight line from the Patriot Act to the privacy invading tools ICE and other Federal Agencies use today, and while Obama didn't draft nor sign into law the Patriot Act, he did fuck all to end it. Heck, he extended provisions of that horrendous act in 2012.
So nah, I'm not about to forget that there's plenty of blame to go around when it comes to Obama. And yeah, I'm gonna shout that shit into this void. Thanks for reading.
Yes Obama was part of the problem too. Refusing to acknowledge the surveillance and rights to authorities as soon as they claimed terrorism were way beyond what's healthy for a democracy. Unfortunately Obama too was very "American" in that regard.