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He was never going to do that. The media immediately started on the "truckers are Nazis" line and took that option off the table.

• malermeister 5y ago
  • throwaway894345 5y ago
    It’s not like Trudeau is exactly a paragon of egalitarianism or racial sensitivity.
  • rasz 5y ago
    • canadian-on-hn 5y ago
      If you haven't heard the term before, this kind of response is called called "whataboutism": > Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about…?") is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy, which attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving the argument. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
      • rasz 5y ago
        No its not. This is pointing out hypocrisy.
        • abstract_put 5y ago
          > No its not. This is pointing out hypocrisy I think it's worth reading the page - the definition is: > Whataboutism ... is a ... logical fallacy, which attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving the argument You've charged hypocrisy, I don't see a direct refutation of the argument. Given that, it seems like this situation exactly fits the definition of 'whataboutism'?