A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

          • breecher@sh.itjust.works
            93·
            23 days ago

            Whataboutism is not an argument. Also two things can be bad at once, this is not a zero sum game.

            • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
              31·
              23 days ago

              1: Whataboutism is a disputed fallacy specifically because dorks like you will screech about pointing out any form of hypocrisy even in discussions on comparative morality and ethics. It is in this manner its own form of thought terminating cliche.

              2: What nation is this post about?

            • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
              36·
              23 days ago

              So you’ve got two genocidal states, one has healthcare (that actually does apply to Uyghurs because it’s a cultural genocide/slavery thing not an extermination) and the other wants to start WW3.

              Why is the first a shit hole comparable to America? They’re clearly different tiers of fascist states. Everyone not a fascist state>China>Shitholes like America

              • XLE@piefed.socialOPEnglish
                2·
                23 days ago

                I’m glad you thoroughly understand the concept of “the lesser evil”

                • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
                  13·
                  23 days ago

                  There’s no such thing as a lesser evil, just priorities.

                  When there’s an evil I can do something about and see firsthand and evil I can’t, I don’t spend a whole lot of personal effort virtue signaling about the second type when the first is happening down the street.

                  • XLE@piefed.socialOPEnglish
                    2·
                    23 days ago

                    If you don’t believe in lesser evil like you just said, and you think China is fascist like you just implied, why say “at least the trains run on time they have healthcare”?

                    It sounds like the kind of virtue signaling you disapprove of.

                • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
                  13·
                  23 days ago

                  Someday you’ll figure out what it means that even the Uyghurs hearing about what American healthcare is actually like are shocked that it isn’t propaganda.