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Are you excusing them for fighting enthusiatically alongside the Nazis in WW2?
The Soviets invaded Poland in conjunction with the Nazis under the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, are you sure you want to go down that route now?
A)Whataboutism:)
B) Absolutely reddit brained and incorrect. The nazis invaded, the government collapsed, then the Soviets moved in from the east to evacuate civillians and secure defensive positions. This action saved 7 million people, as opposed to the Finnish participation in the Nazi seige of Leningrad which killed a million people. And that's not even getting into Finland's concentration camps.
Now what kind of person would equivocate the two, I wonder?๐ค
You're misusing "whataboutism", you should drop that from your rotation.
We're not limited to one point of discussion here, etc.
Primus~ "He's a murderer, how dare he murder Bob!"
Secundus~ "That's because Bob killed his entire family!"
Primus~ "Whataboutism!"
Secundus~ "You win, I am wrong."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
I know you've heard the term many times and are excited to join in... but don't.
Go back to reddit, holy shit.
Noooooooooooooo
I'm using it mockingly, it's a stupid term for exactly that reason