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Whataboutisms, a frequent strategy of the CCP's concerted online influence effort, are counterproductive. Drawing a false equivalence between crimes against hum
by expert700 7y ago
Whataboutisms, a frequent strategy of the CCP's concerted online influence effort, are counterproductive. Drawing a false equivalence between crimes against humanity in China and lesser events in the US does not a justification make.
- dang 7y agoPlease keep tired tropes like "whataboutism", and other canned arguments, out of HN threads. They're repetitive, add no information, and lead to predictable discussion. Plenty of previous explanation at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20whataboutism&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- cholantesh 7y agoOK, but the Falun Gong aren't a gaggle of saints, despite the Quillette brain(worm) trust's willingness to uncritically swallow their bullshit.