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It‘s a viable rhetoric method. Go back in your partisanal cave
by damsalor 2y ago
It‘s a viable rhetoric method. Go back in your partisanal cave
- tw04 2y agoNo, it's an attempt to deflect any thoughtful discussion about the actual topic. Instead of providing anything of substance about the subject matter, you attempt to gaslight people into an argument about something else entirely. If you find a distaste for whataboutism "partisan" perhaps you're the one who has the problem.
- jjulius 2y ago>No, it's an attempt to deflect any thoughtful discussion about the actual topic. Why can't we discuss both?
- barryrandall 2y agoYou can start a new thread about anything you want. It's not guaranteed to be popular or lead to thoughtful discussion, though.
- stanleykm 2y agoNow THIS is a method to distract and shut down speech :)
- senderista 2y agoPointing out hypocrisy does not invalidate the hypocrite's argument, but it does suggest they are arguing in bad faith.
- medo-bear 2y agoBecause people are getting tiered of being fed which topics they should discuss. Let's discuss the hypocrisy at home before we talk about problems elsewhere
- The_Colonel 2y agoThat's a nice discussion-shutting argument. Person / country will never get perfect and thus can't ever discuss issues abroad.
- medo-bear 2y agoThat's the best come-back you have?
- The_Colonel 2y agoThe come-back is that this principle leads to an absurd situation which doesn't allow you to comment on anything apart from yourself.