• humble peat digger@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Imo whataboutism is not even a real thing.
    That’s just a dumb label made up for use against ussr it was just never intended to be used against US lol. But pointing out that ur opponent has ulterior motives is properly legal

    • hark@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      True, and maybe I’m playing a losing game by arguing within that context, but I did want to point out that even under those conditions the “logical fallacy” doesn’t fit.