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No, the question doesn’t need an answer.
If I were to ask you, “why’d you murder that guy?” when you didn’t murder anyone.
Say yes, and you’ve admitted to a crime you didn’t commit.
Say no, and I can say, “well that’s exactly what a murder would say!”
Meanwhile, I’ve (in this hypothetical scenario) murdered lots of people.
Sometimes it’s best just to tell people to fuck off.
I think attacking the person asking as a way to Dodge a question is not helpful or constructive.
It’s not supposed to be constructive or helpful. What is helpful is saving your time and mental health by avoiding the traps these people try to set.
That makes sense in the context of a debate on social media.
In the real political world where lives are changed, ended or saved, it really matters why so many people don't take action on genocide in a consistent way.
If we knew why, we could make the world a better place, we could maybe save a lot of Lives.
And that goes for a lot of the big questions in life, why are people so inconsistent?