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I mean they are and we should be concerned about both. Saying "why are we talking about X when Y is happening?" is just whataboutism, I think we can discuss mor

by Dig1t 5y ago

I mean they are and we should be concerned about both. Saying "why are we talking about X when Y is happening?" is just whataboutism, I think we can discuss more than one problem at a time.

jakelazaroff 5y ago
The difference is the magnitude of the problem. Angry groups of people making noise on Twitter is obviously not as urgent as lawmakers and school boards literally banning books on racism, civil rights, the Holocaust, in schools. The authors are calling to fill in potholes on a bridge that’s about to collapse. It’s not whataboutism to point out that their priorities are out of whack.