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Why does that bother you tho? Not having the moral ground changes the argument?
by owebmaster 6mo ago
Why does that bother you tho? Not having the moral ground changes the argument?
- BobbyJo 6mo agoIt just makes it weird. When the US does something bad and people go "but CHINA!" it's also weird.
- some_random 6mo agoBecause it's very obvious whataboutism.
- owebmaster 6mo agoSure and what's the problem with that? If you can't explain why country A doing X is bad but country B doing similar thing isn't it probably means you don't have a good argument.
- bdhe 6mo agoThere's a whole wikipedia article discussing how it is both a logical fallacy and how it is often used as a tool of propaganda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism Please don't engage in whataboutism. One should be able to criticize China's actions without calling into discussion actions of other nations. Do you go about threads criticizing US govt actions drawing parallels to similar actions in other regimes like China or Russia?