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From Wikipedia[1]: >Whataboutism, also known as whataboutery, is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position b
by slg 6y ago
From 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.