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A charge employed by people who want to prune and cut the terms of referance so that the argumant they are peddling is made conspicious. Or a way of trimming a image to suit their agenda and crippling what the othe side has to say.Whataboutism
Not really. When one can't argue about the issue, they bring completely unrelated issues into reference. E.g. What possibly could LTTE have to do with the Taliban? Or the IRA have to do with the Taliban? Or indeed with this thread.A charge employed by people who want to prune and cut the terms of referance so that the argumant they are peddling is made conspicious. Or a way of trimming a image to suit their agenda and crippling what the othe side has to say.
Perhaps,Not really. When one can't argue about the issue, they bring completely unrelated issues into reference. E.g. What possibly could LTTE have to do with the Taliban? Or the IRA have to do with the Taliban? Or indeed with this thread.
Well if your going to be the judge on rendering what the referance field is I might as well not discuss anything with you. Because you can carve the discussion in exactly the way you want to. Here have my brush and paint what you want. I will just quitely look on. Happy?bring completely unrelated issues into reference
The more common British term is whataboutery. It's not a muzzling tactic because people who indulge it double down and defend it, even amplify their argument. It's just calling out a tactic.Well if your going to be the judge on rendering what the referance field is I might as well not discuss anything with you. Because you can carve the discussion in exactly the way you want to. Here have my brush and paint what you want. I will just quitely look on. Happy?
This cheap whataboutism charge is just a muzzling tactic. Funny thing is it is rarely used in UK or I don't hear it often here and must be more Americanism.
As far as it's the same issue, that is fine - it's the same issue looked at from a different perspective. The issue arises when completely unrelated topics are discussed. E.g. The Nazis often used the example of American treatment of African-Americans and Native Americans to justify their racial policies and the Holocaust. Or unapologetic Brits defend British colonialism by stating - "Have you seen what the Belgians did in the Congo?".Perhaps,
one party support "1 terrorist / freedom fighter group",
but criticize others that do the same?
In other word, hypocrite?