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If you don't like a tangent, you don't have to engage with it. It's not whataboutism, it's observation of direct hypocrisy. You should reexamine your usage and
by darkerside 3y ago
If you don't like a tangent, you don't have to engage with it. It's not whataboutism, it's observation of direct hypocrisy. You should reexamine your usage and understanding of the term, because it doesn't make any sense in this context.
- razemio 3y agoMaybe I haven't understood the whataboutism definition. I just checked again (EN Wikipedia). To quote, “Common accusations include double standards, and hypocrisy...”. For me, anything that goes like “but XYZ was/is worse” is whataboutism. Whataboutism can still be valid but in this case, the examples given were highly unlikely or in the past. Even if valid, why do people feel the need to derail a topic? Can't you care about climate change and a comet hitting the Earth? > If you don't like a tangent, you don't have to engage with it. I will engage with anybody trying to downplay climate change. Thanks. The Whataboutism part wasn't part of the discussion until the second topic was brought up.