• mrdown@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    We waited trump to do it and many will go back buying American product once Trump end . We did it because he threatened us and not because human right abuses was committed by the USA

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      3 days ago

      Quibbling over why it wasn’t “good enough” doesn’t support your criticisms of other boycotts anymore than “but what about other countries?!” does. If that’s your metric, no boycott or action against countries/companies will ever measure up. So really what you’re arguing for here is complete inaction, which won’t make anything better at all.

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        3 days ago

        I don’t shame people who don’t boycott certain countries, even if I believe everybody should. I am consistent. It is you who are not. Both Saudi Arabia and the US were involved in very serious human rights abuses, but you would never say to someone who didn’t boycott the USA, “Why aren’t you?”

        Talking about double standard is not whataboutism

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          Your “consistency” is bullshit purity testing.

          Talking about double standard is not whataboutism

          Please, enlighten me on how your claims benefit anybody other than those profiting from suffering? What tangible action are you promoting here?

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            Here we go with the purity test BS. I welcome anybody who want to boycott any problematic country and respect those person it but I don’t shame people who do not boycott. Do you think that you never bought an product from companies in problematic countries who are doing human right abuses?

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              Here we go with the purity test BS.

              Do you think that you never bought an product from companies in problematic countries who are doing human right abuses?

              If you don’t want to be called out for it, maybe don’t do it in the very same comment, yeah?

              Also,

              I welcome anybody who want to boycott any problematic country

              So what? The US also did a lot of terrible things to other countries and we never boycott it

              So which is it? People can boycott what they want? Or are they “hypocrites” for boycotting in ways you disagree with? For someone so concerned with “consistency”, you are all over the place.

              And I’ll ask again, how is your condemnation of the boycotts beneficial to anyone being harmed?