Maybe I haven't understood the whataboutism definition. I just checked again (EN Wikipedia). To quote, “Common accusations include double standards, and hypocri

Maybe 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.