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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by waffleiron on Friday December 16, 2022 @07:08PM (#34022466)
You call it whataboutism, I call it calling out hypocrisy.

Saying: “ There's no excuse for that level of inhumanity.” when people excuse factory farming every day is hypocritical.

It’s easy to disavow this because it doesn’t affect you.

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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by KerrAvon on Friday December 16, 2022 @07:13PM (#34022519)
It's not calling out hypocrisy unless the poster also said "Mmm, love me some Tyson chickens." You don't know their stance on factory farming; they might even be a vegeratian.
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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by waffleiron on Friday December 16, 2022 @07:22PM (#34022591)
Leaving something out is often just as revealing. It’s easy to make a comment disavowing something that doesn’t affect you or most other commenters on HN.
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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by mikestew on Friday December 16, 2022 @07:29PM (#34022641)
You don’t get to change the subject, and then complain that OP didn’t address what you want to talk about. You’re calling out hypocrisy that you haven’t even established exists.
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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by waffleiron on Friday December 16, 2022 @07:41PM (#34022780)
Mate, this is a comment section. We all get to change the subject, as someone did to me by calling it whataboutism.

If you don’t like it, downvote and move on.

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