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BaronChocula

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10. It's not even that

Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:28 PM

Nov 24

Imagine defending a suitor who’s a serial arsonist because the other guy has a jaywalking citation...

In this case, "the other guy" doesn't even have a jaywalking citation. The cult defending the serial arsonist just says "the other guy" is a bigger serial arsonist" when they've done nothing wrong at all.

And that defense isn't restricted to the cult. It's also used by the large swath of electorally unsophisticated voters who cover for their ignorance of politics with the dismissive assertion that "they're all the same." But if you asked them for an example they'd go mute.

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The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump [View all] dalton99a Nov 24 OP

Of Course the Primary Media Outlets, Including NYT, WP, and WSJ Are Rife with This Sort of Crap, The Roux Comes First Nov 24 #1

There is an inherent weakness to the form of "journalistic objectivity". maxsolomon Nov 24 #5

Yes, that's bothsiderism Just_Vote_Dem Nov 24 #2

Yes, bothsiderism is probably one of the most sinister and effective ToxMarz Nov 24 #3

K&R. The op-ed at the links is well worth a read. n/t Mister Ed Nov 24 #4

This is in the NY Times? The paper that normalized the freak? NNadir Nov 24 #6

He did a great job dumping on President Biden for Hunter's actions, niyad Nov 24 #7

They didn't want the uppity black woman or the educated white woman JT45242 Nov 24 #8

It's just another version of "both-siderism" and I say that's all crap FakeNoose Nov 24 #9

It's not even that BaronChocula Nov 24 #10

Biden touching someone's arm or back Quanto Magnus Nov 24 #11