We can't have constructive conversations with people who deflect criticism of one party with criticism of another. This "whataboutism" is intellectually dishone

We can't have constructive conversations with people who deflect criticism of one party with criticism of another. This "whataboutism" is intellectually dishonest, implying straw beliefs that haven't been professed. There can be two wrong parties, but it's childish to change the subject defensively.