I'd say the term "whataboutism" should be thrown in a Dumpster Fire full of nothingburgers, but I don't want to engage in False Equivalence.
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/hold my beer joke/
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What they call "whataboutism" can actually be a legitimate way of pointing out hypocrisy and inconsistent standards.
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Oh yeah. Nothing reaching the level of of email server mismanagement that's for sure!
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Those who supported neither candidate applauded calling out the hypocrisy.
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The forgotten men and women in flyover USA have enough 'whatboutObama' to last at least 8 years. At least. He was transformative all right.
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"Whataboutism" is a meaningless term. Principles are either adhered to or they aren't. Rank hypocrisy can't be brushed aside with a buzzword
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It means that two wrongs don't make a right. So if Bob stabs Rick, it's not excused because one time Rick parked in two spots.
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No, but if Bob has his stretch Hummer limo straddling 5 spots he is in no position to criticize Rick for lousy parallel parking.
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Since they couldn't figure out how to pronounce 'tu quoque'
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mid april
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It shivers timbers
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We're mostly half-woke partisans.
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When did brushing past become "assault"?
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It's a means of pointing out that you aren't focusing on the argument and implies that if you can't do it, you don't have much of one.
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Three days ago
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Pffft, figures, more whataboutism from Tracey.
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