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I think you can usually ignore people who complain about "whataboutism" - on HN at least it usually boils down to someone trying to dismiss a legitimate compari
by smcl 5y ago
I think you can usually ignore people who complain about "whataboutism" - on HN at least it usually boils down to someone trying to dismiss a legitimate comparison with "Hey you can't say that, I said it first!"
- oh_sigh 5y ago"you're ruining my point by showing my hypocrisy"
- smcl 5y agoPrecisely. Also I think I'm being downvoted by people misinterpreting my use of "usually" as "in every single case without exception". But anecdotally, nearly every time I've seen the whataboutism response it has been in that context I described - someone trying to dismiss a legitimate criticism by deploying what they think is a sort of cheat code.
- FpUser 5y agoExact reason I think ;) Or maybe they feel so righteous that they do not even notice their hypocrisy.