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2. If they think Google is discriminatory towards LGBT employees and minorities, contributing to climate change etc., they are in for a big shock once they are
by kick 7y ago
2. If they think Google is discriminatory towards LGBT employees and minorities, contributing to climate change etc., they are in for a big shock once they are really out of the Google and SV bubble.
This is a particularly subversive brand of whataboutism.
"Company has participated in Bad Thing."
"Ah, but Other Company also participates in Bad Thing! Your criticism of Company is therefore invalid!"
"Company took $1,000,000,000 from Bad Industry! We should scold that behavior!"
"Ah, but Other Company took $2,000,000,000 from Bad Industry! Company therefore shouldn't be criticized!"
One action can be bad without negating the badness of another action.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 7y agoWhataboutism is one of the most ridiculous accusations thrown around willy-nilly these days. Sure, if you have no idea what happens in the world, you can arbitrarily find anything outrageous. It is trivial to create outrage in a vacuum, blind of all facts that threaten to challenge your rose-tinted world view.