Victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel are suing Iran, Syria and North Korea, saying their governments supplied the militants with money, weapons and know-how needed to carry out the assault that precipitated Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in “what about…?”) is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense against the original accusation.
I wholly disagree with the characterization that a lawsuit about Oct 7 is “any excuse to shit on the global south.” I won’t be continuing anything close to this discussion.
It being tried in the US does not afford relevancy to the idea that the US should be sued for the same thing. It is similar in that they both involve the US, but you’re wrong to assume it’s relevant. It is whataboutism. Period. From Google even:
Similar
resembling without being identical.
Relevant
closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
This case is being tried in the United States. It’s pretty relevant. But any excuse to shit on the global south ig
I wholly disagree with the characterization that a lawsuit about Oct 7 is “any excuse to shit on the global south.” I won’t be continuing anything close to this discussion.
It being tried in the US does not afford relevancy to the idea that the US should be sued for the same thing. It is similar in that they both involve the US, but you’re wrong to assume it’s relevant. It is whataboutism. Period. From Google even: