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1. ks2048+F7[view] [source] 2025-12-06 20:58:44
>>maroje+(OP)
Salute to this guy, Xu Qinxian.

Funny how (possibly worse) anti-democratic massacres done by US allies (and much more recently) don't get continuous coverage US/Western/Business/Tech press.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaa_massacre

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2. Sequoi+38[view] [source] 2025-12-06 21:03:36
>>ks2048+F7
To others: if you’re downvoting a link a massacre because it feels like the wrong kind of comment, I encourage you to at least read through about the event. I had not learned about this before. It’s perfectly interesting and I think the comment is worth considering in its intent.

“On 14 August 2013, the Egyptian police and to a lesser extent the armed forces, under the command of then-Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, used lethal force to clear two camps of protesters in Cairo. Estimates of those killed vary from 600 to 2,600.”

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3. girvo+G8[view] [source] 2025-12-06 21:09:13
>>Sequoi+38
Not that I’m one to do so, but comments like that usually get downvoted as it’s a quintessential example of whataboutism.

Egypts government is abhorrent.

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4. Waterl+e9[view] [source] 2025-12-06 21:15:27
>>girvo+G8
I’m not sure this is whataboutism. To me at least, the distinguishing feature is using a whatabout as a form of deflection or absolution.
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5. jraine+qa[view] [source] 2025-12-06 21:24:41
>>Waterl+e9
Well we’re talking about Egypt & rhetoric now, so …
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