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David Libra

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:27 am
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This is a great article. Something to keep in mind in debates here, undoubtedly:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/26/activists-dying-cat-paris-beirut-whataboutery

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Across social media, dying cats abound. There are legions of Twitterers whose sole contribution to abortion rights activism is piously demanding that the phrase “pregnant women” is replaced with “pregnant people”. The Paris attacks provided an opportunity for several moribund moggies to be thrown on the table of public discourse. “Why doesn’t anyone care about the bombing in Beirut?” wondered people whose previous thoughts on Beirut had been confined to the band. (The journalist Jamiles Lartey called these people “tragedy hipsters”, as in “Bro – I care about suffering and death that you’ve never even heard of.”) Mysteriously, the later massacre in Mali, the ongoing conflict in the Central African Republic, and Tuesday’s explosion on a bus in Tunisia did not rouse the Beirutists to fire up the Hashtagmobile.

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Tannin Capricorn

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:45 am
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Whatabout we talk about something (a) interesting, and (b) relevant to anything worth mentioning.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:02 pm
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I'm happy to issue a blanket condemnation on everything, including the aforesaid blankets......... Laughing Wink

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stui magpie Gemini

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:49 pm
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Well David, as the VPT king of 'whataboutary', I hope you do keep it in mind. Razz
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David Libra

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:14 am
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I'm innocent!
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