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Someone watched Jon Oliver...
by nettdata 9y ago
Someone watched Jon Oliver...
- cairo_x 9y agoWhataboutism is an old school red-scare term literally coined to describe Soviet disinformation techniques. I wonder if most people who use the term as an argument know this, or are aware of how it got into their lexicon. Not only does the term imply one supports one side over the other (in this case Russian trolls), the term implicitly accuses one of being an actual Russian agent..
- EGreg 9y agoCan you post some links about this?
- cairo_x 9y agoSearch for 'whataboutism' wiki (and check the rational wiki as well). > Lexicographers date the first appearance of the variant whataboutism to the 1990s,[1][4] while other historians state that during the Cold War Western officials referred to the Soviet and Russian propaganda strategy by that term.[7]
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoOne of the iconic examples, though it predates the popularization of the term, is well-known/documented enough to have its own Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes