(04-28-2021, 09:35 AM)mikesez Wrote: I googled nothing.  That came from memory.  You guys always forget to consider the possibility that I might know significantly more than you do.

Mike. C'mon, dude. Your example is literally paragraph 2 from the wikipedia entry on whataboutism. Did you happen to write that, too? Or did you just remember it from the last time you googled it? I find it hard to believe... of ALL the examples of whataboutism in the world, that you just happened to use this particular example in defense of your post. This is my problem with you, bro. All of your knowledge is surface level. You fail to connect the dots, and live in a world of rhetoric supported by Google searches. Please don't use the phrase "critical thinking" anymore until you figure out how to do it.  

Whataboutism

Quote:Whataboutism, also known as whataboutery, is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them with hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving their argument.[1][2][3]

According to Russian writer, chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov, "whataboutism" is a word that was coined to describe the frequent use of a rhetorical diversion by Soviet apologists and dictators, who would counter charges of their oppression, "massacres, gulags, and forced deportations" by invoking American slavery, racism, lynchings, etc.[4] Whataboutism has been used by other politicians and countries as well.

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