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https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whataboutism https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whataboutism > A conversational tactic in which a person responds to an argume
by dataflow 6y ago
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whataboutism https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whataboutism
> A conversational tactic in which a person responds to an argument or attack by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct, implying that all criticism is invalid because no one is completely blameless
> Excusing your mistakes with whataboutism is not the same as defending your record.
This was emphatically not what I was doing.
- avereveard 6y ago> by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct and how is highlighting airbus misconduct not a textbook example of this? you even linked the explanation sentence, but did you read it?
- dataflow 6y agoIf you read the entirety of what I wrote in all my comments here it should be fairly obvious how. You seem very keen to start a fight though, and I'm not sure I'm up for a match here, so I'll leave it at this.
- dotancohen 6y agoActually, pointing out similar actions in peers of the accused is a valid method to demonstrate that such actions are not misconduct. Or, if we still insist on calling these actions misconduct, then a double standard has been demonstrated. That said, GGP post did not point out similar actions. Airbus did not risk passengers' lives. That is the issue here: public safety.
- xwolfi 6y agoBut ofc there s a double standard as long as Boeing kills and deflects and Airbus stays silent with no history. Doesnt mean Boeing shouldnt restructure or disappear.