#lfc #mls #falseequivalency
Defending #SiadBarre while opposing #Somaliland’s recognition is not moral clarity—it is #FalseEquivalency. @abwaanweedhsame exposes #GenocideDenial, pulpit politics & the hypocrisy behind weaponizing #Palestine to delegitimize SL’s democratic #Sovereignty.
https://saxafimedia.com/critique-mustafe-false-equivalency-defending-siad/
In a forceful open response, Hassan Dahir Weedhsame dismantles Sheikh Mustafe’s sermon opposing Somaliland’s recognition, exposing false equivalency, genocide denial, and political hypocrisy—from defending Siad Barre’s UN-recognized atrocities to weaponizing debunked propaganda against Somaliland’s diplomacy with Israel
"A woman is dead, and he’s already on television sanding down the moral edges, redirecting consequence away from power, and trying to make 'wait for more facts' sound like a substitute for basic decency."
#ReneeGood #Trump #KristiNoem #ICE #DHS #murder #MaskedThugs #Minneapolis #ScottJennings #CNN #media #amorality #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalency
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Bari Weiss And The Tyranny Of False Balance
"There could not be a more grisly method, even when it involves no violence, to cover up ghastly crimes committed by a people than to indulge in the fallacy of false equivalence. In this fallacy, two incomparable things are compared and declared to be equal because there are always two sides to the story."
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https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=False_equivalence&oldid=2992785
The APnews top headline of the day is about how both parties are preparing for post-election lawsuits.
It makes it sound like they're equivalent.
One party is suing to break the system. To disqualify votes. To cast doubt on the whole process. In order to legitimize their attempts to seize power even when they get fewer votes.
The other party is suing to make sure every vote counts and the results are respected.
They are not the same.
"But when we allow the cult of Both Sides to shape our own minds, ethical judgement and factual investigation disappear, and with them any chance for constitutional order and democracy.
Ethical judgement would involve a notion of right and wrong, which the activity of the priests erodes. The worse the evil of one side, the more artfully it must be forgiven, and the more viciously the other side must be berated."