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minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·12 hours agoYes, injustice is injustice. But there’s something to be said about the pot calling the kettle black. Like a robber telling the pickpocket he’s wrong for stealing.
minus-squareMoogleMaestro@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoExcept, in this case, it’s more like the pickpocket calling the murderer wrong. Which is appropriate, in this circumstance.
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoNo. It’s like the torturer calling the murderer wrong. And you sit here being like “well, at least the torturer didn’t kill anyone”.
Yes, injustice is injustice. But there’s something to be said about the pot calling the kettle black.
Like a robber telling the pickpocket he’s wrong for stealing.
Except, in this case, it’s more like the pickpocket calling the murderer wrong. Which is appropriate, in this circumstance.
No. It’s like the torturer calling the murderer wrong.
And you sit here being like “well, at least the torturer didn’t kill anyone”.