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The idea, Dubrovsky posited, is that a populist leader wants to keep his masses of supporters on his side. Getting too specific on a policy or a position risks creating rifts within that base of support. Pointing to a common enemy, on the other hand, is a great way to unify a group.
Whataboutism flattens moral nuances into a black-and-white worldview.
But in this worldview, it's very difficult to be the good guy; idealism is the ultimate naïveté, and anyone who dares to criticize another can be "unmasked" as a hypocrite.
This creates a useful moral equivalency, as Nikitin added: if nobody is perfect, there's license to do all sorts of imperfect things.
originally posted by: Lab4Us
Oh, so like the left loons yelling “What about Russia, Russia, Russia...”. Pahleeeeezzzze!
originally posted by: DanteGaland
originally posted by: Lab4Us
Oh, so like the left loons yelling “What about Russia, Russia, Russia...”. Pahleeeeezzzze!
Loons?
We aint the ones who BELIEVED in "pizzagate" and THEN turn around and defend pedophiles running for the senate, while boycotting the NFL for being more patriotic than most GOP voters by actually exercising their rights...
Isn't there a STARBUCKS CUP to protest or something right now
originally posted by: DanteGaland
originally posted by: Lab4Us
Oh, so like the left loons yelling “What about Russia, Russia, Russia...”. Pahleeeeezzzze!
Loons?
We aint the ones who BELIEVED in "pizzagate" and THEN turn around and defend pedophiles running for the senate, while boycotting the NFL for being more patriotic than most GOP voters by actually exercising their rights...
Isn't there a STARBUCKS CUP to protest or something right now
originally posted by: 3daysgone
a reply to: soberbacchus
Shouldn't Roy Moor be proven guilty before he is not allowed to run for Senate? Al Franken admitted what he did, but doesn't seem to think he should step down as Senator.
Bill Clinton was proven to have lied about what happened, and the left thought it would be good to run his Wife for office. The thing that the very liberal John Oliver doesn't seem to get about all of this, is the hypocrisy from the left.
John Oliver is a tool.
originally posted by: 3daysgone
a reply to: soberbacchus
Shouldn't Roy Moor be proven guilty before he is not allowed to run for Senate? Al Franken admitted what he did, but doesn't seem to think he should step down as Senator.
Bill Clinton was proven to have lied about what happened, and the left thought it would be good to run his Wife for office. The thing that the very liberal John Oliver doesn't seem to get about all of this, is the hypocrisy from the left.
John Oliver is a tool.
originally posted by: DanteGaland
a reply to: Grambler
Go protest Target and bitch about this years Starbucks cup.
TIS THE SEASON BRO.