• Fisting for Freedom
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    1 year ago

    If you believe that Americans should’ve been better informed, then you surely agree the same applies to Russians at the current time, right? Why, then, focus attention on something from 20 years ago instead of the active, ongoing situation in Ukraine?

    Whataboutism is a way of derailing a discussion with a seemingly related, but actually irrelevant, side point. Which is what you’re doing.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      If you believe that Americans should’ve been better informed, then you surely agree the same applies to Russians at the current time, right?

      I also believe that the moon being made out of cheddar would have been great for cheese-lovers here on Earth - that doesn’t mean I expect to find moon rocks in the diary aisle.

      Whataboutism is a way of derailing

      Whine about whataboutism all you want - it’s not going to stop me from pointing out your hypocritical double-standards.