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minus-squarepropaganja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoEverything Democrats accuse Republicans of is true. Everything Republicans accuse Democrats of is true. Biden is bad. Trump was bad. Obama was bad. Bush was bad. Clinton was bad. “At least he did X” is not the right thing to focus on. “But Y was/would have been worse” is not the right thing to focus on.
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoWe call this the false equivalence fallacy. If Bob tripped me, and Mike murdered my wife, kids, and 8 EMTs, then Bob and Mike are not just as bad because “they both did bad things”.
Everything Democrats accuse Republicans of is true.
Everything Republicans accuse Democrats of is true.
Biden is bad.
Trump was bad.
Obama was bad.
Bush was bad.
Clinton was bad.
“At least he did X” is not the right thing to focus on.
“But Y was/would have been worse” is not the right thing to focus on.
We call this the false equivalence fallacy. If Bob tripped me, and Mike murdered my wife, kids, and 8 EMTs, then Bob and Mike are not just as bad because “they both did bad things”.