> and outright shilling, Yes I am a paid spy from Moscow, hacking democracy right here from my living room. Getting a check signed by Putin every month, which

> and outright shilling, Yes I am a paid spy from Moscow, hacking democracy right here from my living room. Getting a check signed by Putin every month, which I use to buy vodka and borscht with. > rather than thoughtful commentary on the situation. Well so far that's the commentary I have, some of it referencing stuff I read on /r/politics and /r/worldnews. I am sorry it is not deeper, but you can help out reply with deeper insights. > The cherry on top of course: ending in whataboutism. And commenting about whataboutism is meta-whataboutism :-) Which is thrown around when hypocrisy is pointed out. Yes, in pure logical argument whataboutism doesn't work and is a fallacy. But it also turns out people don't like hypocrisy. In this case it wasn't just the cherry on top, it was a main ingredient.