Exactly! Whataboutism or even the fallacy of relative privation seems to be just everywhere these days. I don't understand the appeal of it. Someone is trying to do something good, is it really neccessary to shoot it down just because there are OTHER bad things that need attention? Such a strange way of moving the spotlight to themselves, in pretending to shine a light on bigger problems.
Oh when you expose crime, it is freedom of speech, diversity of opinions right? But when others expose double standards of West (usually politicians) and crime, it is whataboutism right?
Nobody is exposing double standards here. It's simply not hypocrisy to care about the war in Europe, and not care about Saudis killing Yemenis somewhere far away.
This is very obviously not a double standard, as the first one directly affects Europeans in a way which the second one does not.
what you are suggesting is we should not fight for basic human rights and give everyone equal opportunity to live (they haven't chose to be born, so why not give them at least a chance to live), instead we should fight for people who are like us? close to us? And we don't give shit to other people dying?
Imagine, Germany bans Russian oil, does it make you a happy if they buy oil from Saudi? For me its same, both sides are killing innocent people, why make a switch then?
How is it hypocritical for Europeans to care about a war in Europe but not about a war in the Middle East?
War in Ukraine directly affects European security and pushes millions of refugees into Europe. The Yemeni conflict obviously does not directly affect Europeans.
Especially when Saudi oil would be used to substitute for Russian oil. It's not really moral to buy Saudi oil instead given that the Saudi conduct of warfare in Yemen is worse than the Russian conduct of warfare in Ukraine.
