Quote:No, what I'm doing is ignoring the powerless mentally ill guy and focusing on people who actually DID something.1. Kanye West powerless? Are you freaking kidding me! Powerless people don't get invited to dinner with an EX president....
2. Infantizing mentally ill people by arguing they can't be held responsible for the shit they say is frankly insulting really. Mental illness is not a get excuse for asshole behavior or asshole opinions.
3. And no what your doing is the definition of Whataboutism trying to steer the conversation away from the indefensible actions of Kanye by bringing up someone else's wrongdoing as if that somehow negates what he said. And Kanye did do something he praised a fucking genocidal fascist dictator who killed millions. That's doing something irrespective of the actions of anyone else and it's totally just to call him out for it.
"Change was inevitable"
Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM