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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoI see, so I can’t criticize Musk for adding lead to the atmosphere for his personal convenience because I have a carbon footprint. Logical.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoSingling someone out for criticism when you do the same is the definition of hypocrisy.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBut… I don’t do the same. I don’t put lead into the atmosphere.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYou’ve never flown on a commercial aircraft? Or bought anything that was transported by air?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·7 months agoAre you saying those aircraft wouldn’t have flown if I didn’t specifically do those things? Because otherwise, again, not the same.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIf that’s the standard, then Musk is not responsible either. His aircraft would have flown even if he never purchased it.
I see, so I can’t criticize Musk for adding lead to the atmosphere for his personal convenience because I have a carbon footprint.
Logical.
Singling someone out for criticism when you do the same is the definition of hypocrisy.
But… I don’t do the same. I don’t put lead into the atmosphere.
You’ve never flown on a commercial aircraft? Or bought anything that was transported by air?
Are you saying those aircraft wouldn’t have flown if I didn’t specifically do those things? Because otherwise, again, not the same.
If that’s the standard, then Musk is not responsible either. His aircraft would have flown even if he never purchased it.
Yes, that’s very comparable. 🙄