Saying whataboutism is simply trolling and not a form of argument. Claiming a country does X implies that what it's doing is somehow an outlier, and that "good"

Saying whataboutism is simply trolling and not a form of argument. Claiming a country does X implies that what it's doing is somehow an outlier, and that "good" countries don't use such tactics. Nobody is refuting the points about China, however those have to be seen in context of what other countries, such as US are doing. When it's not in any way abnormal behaviour then singling out China is just pure hypocrisy, and it's a disingenuous argument. The context of discussion here is the parent comment asking whether there are recent examples of US actions that even compare in scale or scope. So, it's a little weird to screech about whataboutism when those examples are provided. Meanwhile, it would take multiple books to list all of the known US atrocities, so I just picked a small sample there.