Because, you know, theirs are dissidents; ours are criminals.
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Morales back in #Bolivia after plane drama over Snowden
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-snowden-idUSBRE9610C520130704
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Fury over “state piracy” as West weighs action against #Belarus
Was anyone arrested on the Morales flight? 🤔
Let's be clear, I do not condone the action, especially as a former commercial pilot myself.
It's the hypocrisy of the reactions that gets in my tits though.
So what's a non-hypocritical reaction to what happened in Minsk?
1) "doesn't matter because in 2013 another country did something remotely similar"
2) "it was bad, but what about 2013"
3) other options? 🤔
@kravietz
have a nice day
Cool, tribal thinking for the win then!
@kravietz
Do I really have to spell it out? Not sure if you're taking the piss here.
Once you've cast your stone, there is no non-hypocritical reaction (other than “ah you've got us there lad” which obviously nobody is going to say in public). That is the whole point I'm making.
I didn't down Evo Morales plane. Can I say what Lukashenka did was wrong? 🤔
> ah you've got us there lad
Define "you" and "us". How does actions of France in 2013 justify actions of Belarus in 2021? Does it mean that nobody in France can today condemn arrest of Protasevich? Nobody in EU?
Are people in Belarus allowed to condemn this arrest? In Russia?
Where's the boundary of who can condemn it - or not - per your tribal logic?
@kravietz @0
There is a huge difference.
Do you know what international law is?
Have you heard about diplomatic immunity?
Try to imagine that Belarus forces to land presidential plane of some of American puppets.
""The president has been kidnapped by imperialism, and he is being held in Europe," he said in a televised address late Tuesday night. The vice president called for workers worldwide to protest "this act of imperial arrogance."