SAM @samuteki@writing.exchange

The implicit meaning of this argument is that one should not face responsibility for their actions unless everyone faces responsibility for their actions—which is, again, a childish way of attempting to dodge guilt while clumsily and unconsciously admitting it.

It's a very juvenile thing to say, really. A child, attempting to avoid responsibility, shifts the focus from themselves onto everyone around them. They are not interested in fairness, they are interested in dodging facing the consequences of their actions.

There's a lazy argument that we shouldn't talk about the American history of slavery unless we talk about every single instance of slavery in the history of the world. Just like we shouldn't talk about your car getting stolen until we find every car that's ever been stolen.