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When Americans have said the same about Russians for a decade, who gave you the same response, what did the Americans reply?

[ratelimitsteve]

you know, if i say one thing and a different american says a different thing that doesn't make us hypocrites, it makes us two different people

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Wow, I had no idea, I thought people in the same country were the same person?

Now when we've both shaken off our much pent in sarcasm, what would you say to them?

[happytoexplain]

I think there is a communication issue - the parent is not using sarcasm.

[ratelimitsteve]

"They" don't exist. There are no Russians who replied to me in any manner when I said "You need to just overthrow your government" because I never said such a thing to anyone. Nothing I said was sarcastic, it was all meant to be taken extremely literally. You're trying to catch me out as a hypocrite but I didn't do what you said I did.

[happytoexplain]

Americans aren't one person. Regardless, this is whataboutism.

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It's not, it's supposed to make you come up with your own answers, because sometimes the answer is more obvious to see when you see someone else with the same problem, and pretend you're helping them, instead of helping yourself.