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Search for 'whataboutism' wiki (and check the rational wiki as well). > Lexicographers date the first appearance of the variant whataboutism to the 1990s,[1][4
by cairo_x 9y ago
Search 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