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"But today I changed my mind, completely," Ai said. "The West (is) not even (in a) position to accuse China. (They must) just check on their record (of) what they did on international human rights, (their) freedom of speech record."

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"But whattabout..."

One can legitimately criticize another while still having vices of their own. This does not diminish the criticism, only lack of truth would do that.

I have plenty of personal issues I need to work on... that doesn't mean I have no right to criticize others for their issues. Especially if they refuse to even acknowledge them, much less work to overcome them.

It affects value judgments such as "We're better than you because..." but those are pointless and petty statements, and don't deserve critical thought anyways.