• The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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    4 days ago

    We used to just call that “pointing out hypocrisy” before Americans found a thought terminating phrase for it

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      No, pointing out hypocrisy would be going “hey, didn’t you also blatantly rip off a popular product? Isn’t it hypocritical for you to criticize them for something you also have done?” What Aboutism is defined as: “the rhetorical practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counteraccusation, by asking a different but related question, or by raising a different issue altogether. Whataboutism often serves to reduce the perceived plausibility or seriousness of the original accusation or question by suggesting that the person advancing it is hypocritical or that the responder’s misbehavior is not unique or unprecedented.” https://www.britannica.com/topic/whataboutism

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        3 days ago

        And, as always, it is in the sealion’s power to determine what is the same, and what is “different but related”.

        Arf arf arf

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            It’s not redirecting the conversation to respond to your statement that whataboutism is when the hypocrisy is “unrelated”. Which conveniently lets you decide what is related or unrelated.

            Do you not consider Russians human?

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                    Listen to how they talk about Ukrainians

                    Oh, they wouldn’t happen to be calling them orks now, would they? That would be terrible.

                    Judging an ethnic group by their non-democratic government is prejudice, you are prejudiced. Now please continue to justify your racism like everyone else before you.