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Not everything is whataboutism. The parent is making a propositional fallacy in the form of a question "If A then B. B therefore A" https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by buboard 8y ago
Not everything is whataboutism. The parent is making a propositional fallacy in the form of a question
"If A then B. B therefore A"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent
- consumer451 8y agoThis is a fair and logical argument. However, in this context, I would still like to know the what the grand parent was referring to when they mentioned “war crimes.” Btw, personal opinion: I am completely biased against Assange given his lack of openess against everyone but the Democratic Party. I used to think he was one of my heroes, now I think that he is just someone trying to save his own skin. His actions and reading his AMA’s on Reddit really changed my opinion regarding the idea that he might be an unbiased arbiter of truth. Assange is no Snowden.
- buboard 8y agoI believe he s refering to civilian deaths which went undocumented, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak I believe the hero-worship of such persons is not useful. But they have changed the landscape and raised the bar for transparency from governments worldwide, which is undeniably a good thing.