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Ah yes, what this comment section really needed was a healthy dose of whataboutism /s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by FreakyT 7y ago
Ah yes, what this comment section really needed was a healthy dose of whataboutism /s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
- bildung 7y agoAs in most cases when this link gets posted here, this is not actually a case of whataboutism. Here, the argument is "this cannot happen here because the US is not a dictatorship and we have free press". I linked to an actual case of this happening in the US. So apparently, the Chinese don't have some unique property making only them supress whistleblowers.
- FreakyT 7y agoThe parent comment argued nothing of the sort. It said simply: > "The Chinese Government is squarely to blame for this situation. Could it have been prevented if they had acted responsibly? I don't know" The parent comment made no statements about how it could never happen in another country. It was specifically about the Chinese government's mishandling -- it was you who injected the bit about the US.
- dang 7y agoPlease do not post in the flamewar style to HN. Also, please keep that particular trope away from here. It's a marker of lame discussion. 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...