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His reply was not whataboutism; it was a legitimate and direct retort to your post that exposes that what you asserted was false.
by angoragoats 7mo ago
His reply was not whataboutism; it was a legitimate and direct retort to your post that exposes that what you asserted was false.
- crims0n 7mo agoYou can literally replace the first four words in their sentence with “What about when”.
- angoragoats 7mo agoThat’s not what whataboutism is; it requires the “what about when” to be followed by a change of topic, to distract the other party from the original topic.
- crims0n 7mo agoLike when I made a comment on general etiquette and someone else shifted the conversation to one of the worst moments of the civil rights movement?
- angoragoats 7mo agoNope.