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by viccis 330 days ago
>Is it worse if the alternative is another authoritarian?

Comparing the two is so fatuous I can't believe it.

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You know reality is independent from your morals right ?
You can't be the bad guy saying the alternative is worse and expect to be respected tho
Pinochet raped political prisoners with dogs. Allende is so anodyne in comparison that the comparison is a non sequitur.
Nonstarter, you mean?
No. Non sequitur. If I say Pinochet is bad, saying "Allende is bad too" is a completely nonsensical comparison, as they aren't even remotely similar and the things people are claiming are bad aren't even in the same categories.

It would be like someone saying "Kim Jong Un is a horrific leader" and then another person responding with "yeah well my home owner's association president is terrible too." Just a complete non sequitur.