• 挂路灯人@lemmy.ml
    171·
    15 days ago

    Hating two things is not the same as putting them at the same level

    True at the most basic level in the same vein of saying 2 things can be bad. Yes it is possible for 2 things to be bad but no one who ever says this ever means it in that way it is nothing but thought terminating cliche if not expanded upon. The same is true here leaving out the other major ideological power of the time leads the framing to the implication that it sits above the other 2 evils (who are then equatable in comparison).

    and I mean to do no such thing

    Even if you didn’t mean to the way you chose to frame your comment clearly implies some level of equation between the soviet nondescript horrific crimes and the Nazis in comparison the the capitalist powers who are absent from your comment.

    I don’t think you would claim that hating a lesser evil in addition to a grater evil is an example of trivialisation.

    Again on a base level this is true but in the framing of your comment there is clearly a level of equation (even if unintentional).

    • Lemmilicious@feddit.nu
      411·
      15 days ago

      no one who ever says this ever means it in that way

      I enjoy how my very existence is counter-proof, but I do appreciate that you we’re exaggerating and I shouldn’t interpret you quite that literally.

      I get that you call it thought-terminating, I understand that you would want a more detailed explanation from me, and sorry for not bothering to give one. My goal is not to argue with you, you have not convinced me that I have equated the two and I am not ready to spend the time to convince you of the opposite, I just want to say that I don’t identify with the accusation.