• GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      Calling out whataboutism is perfectly acceptable when it is being used regardless of its origins.

      It is in no way a logical fallacy and in fact the use of whataboutism is itself a logical fallacy.

      The flaw in gorilladrum’s argument is that the hypothetical example demonstrates the flaws in that specific situation and does not address problems in socialism as a whole yet they suggest it dismisses the ideology completely.

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        1 year ago

        People cry whataboutism when they dislike people throwing context that goes against their argument into a discussion.

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          The only people who feel threatned by others calling out fallacies are the ones who know they’re disingenuous but still act in bad faith anyway.

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            1 year ago

            That’s literally whataboutism, I criticized people using the vocabulary of “whataboutism” and then you said “but whatabout people who are doing whataboutism!”

            To be clear, I dont believe whataboutism is a fallacy, but you do, so why are you doing it?