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That is classic whataboutism, just like Pointing out the China or North Korea have worse human rights abuse in no way justifies some other nation for abusing pe
by syshum 6y ago
That is classic whataboutism, just like Pointing out the China or North Korea have worse human rights abuse in no way justifies some other nation for abusing peoples rights
Simply because companies have other tools for which to spy on their employees does not justify Microsoft adding one more
- slg 6y agoThis is not whataboutism because the guilty parties are the same. I'm not saying don't worry about draconian drug laws in the US because China and North Korea are running concentration camps. I am asking why should we focus on Chinese and North Korean drug laws when they are already running concentration camps. The most severe problems deserve the most attention.
- Aeolun 6y agoI think that’s still whataboutism? The same logic applies in the US for differrent topics, so it should follow it applies within one company on different topics. It’s just a case of ‘please ignore this problem because there is a bigger problem’
- slg 6y agoFrom Wikipedia[1]: >Whataboutism, also known as whataboutery, is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them with hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving their argument. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism I am not trying to counter an argument by pointing out hypocrisy. I am simply stating there are bigger fish to fry. Maybe you object to that argument, but it wasn't whataboutism.
- hyperdimension 6y agoThere should be a new Law as a sibling to Godwin's Law: any time someone starts throwing out quotes from Wikipedia or, worse, comments that consist solely of a link to a Wikipedia page, constructive discussion is over. Nothing against the parent post; I see it all the time. You just were an handy target. :)
- slg 6y agoI don't know how my comment killed a constructive debate rather than the comment that labeled my initial post "whataboutism" when it is something that objectively does not meet the traditional definition. I really don't know how I am supposed to constructively dispute that without pulling in the actual definition from somewhere like Wikipedia.
- Shared404 6y agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2368/ https://xkcd.com/2368/