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Whataboutism doesn't change the negative consequences of distortions from those on the receiving end of enemy information operations.
by keikobadthebad 3y ago
Whataboutism doesn't change the negative consequences of distortions from those on the receiving end of enemy information operations.
- throwaway743 3y ago"Whataboutism" is a nonsense term used to lazily wholly dismiss any counter points. Not only that, but they were just trying to reframe it to be more objective in perspective than singling out a single state actor's actions to fit whatever presented narrative.
- wslh 3y agoIt is called cherry picking. People read a news and their/our (limited) focus make the brain to not see the woods from the trees where we need to spend our limited focus to gather more information about the misinformation situation in general. Again, this is not a Russia endorsement but, for example, it seems that the world is turned off in conflicts such as the war between Israel and Hamas where the focus is extremely narrow.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoIt's false equivalence. The scale, targeting and intent of what Russia is doing versus some US agency are not comparable.