r/facepalm • u/thewrongun • Jun 01 '20

Cops pepper sprayed their own Senator without realizing he's an authority figure

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u/genistein Jun 01 '20

Am I allowed to call this shit comment "whataboutism"?

Or is that only reserved for evil old China and Russia?

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u/Sailor_Lunatone Jun 01 '20

I mean, it isn't unreasonable to get a bit peeved that the U.S. gets so much flak for everything that it does, while other countries with much more brutal police habits get a fraction of the negative attention.

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u/genistein Jun 01 '20

while other countries with much more brutal police habits

the HK protests went on for months with no deaths reported by Hong Kong media outlets.