News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach torture techniques. Parent comment

Re:CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach ... by itsoktocry on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:59PM (#30690686)
>Hard to see how the US can claim a moral high ground on anything

People now counter any claim like this with "that's whataboutism!". It's free reign to be be hypocritical I guess.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach ... by PoignardAzur on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @04:45PM (#30691415)
No. I'm no fan at all of the US regime and the atrocities it committed, but these atrocities aren't a free pass for other countries to commit war crimes and remain criticism-free.

The fact that Blackwater exists doesn't make Wagner any less evil. Whataboutism is using one to shut down conversations about the other.

[ Parent | on HN ]