Comment by owebmaster 17 hours ago Why does that bother you tho? Not having the moral ground changes the argument? 4 comments owebmaster Reply BobbyJo 16 hours ago It just makes it weird. When the US does something bad and people go "but CHINA!" it's also weird. some_random 15 hours ago Because it's very obvious whataboutism. owebmaster 12 hours ago Sure and what's the problem with that?If you can't explain why country A doing X is bad but country B doing similar thing isn't it probably means you don't have a good argument. bdhe 9 hours ago There's a whole wikipedia article discussing how it is both a logical fallacy and how it is often used as a tool of propaganda.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhataboutismPlease don't engage in whataboutism. One should be able to criticize China's actions without calling into discussion actions of other nations.Do you go about threads criticizing US govt actions drawing parallels to similar actions in other regimes like China or Russia?
BobbyJo 16 hours ago It just makes it weird. When the US does something bad and people go "but CHINA!" it's also weird.
some_random 15 hours ago Because it's very obvious whataboutism. owebmaster 12 hours ago Sure and what's the problem with that?If you can't explain why country A doing X is bad but country B doing similar thing isn't it probably means you don't have a good argument. bdhe 9 hours ago There's a whole wikipedia article discussing how it is both a logical fallacy and how it is often used as a tool of propaganda.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhataboutismPlease don't engage in whataboutism. One should be able to criticize China's actions without calling into discussion actions of other nations.Do you go about threads criticizing US govt actions drawing parallels to similar actions in other regimes like China or Russia?
owebmaster 12 hours ago Sure and what's the problem with that?If you can't explain why country A doing X is bad but country B doing similar thing isn't it probably means you don't have a good argument. bdhe 9 hours ago There's a whole wikipedia article discussing how it is both a logical fallacy and how it is often used as a tool of propaganda.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhataboutismPlease don't engage in whataboutism. One should be able to criticize China's actions without calling into discussion actions of other nations.Do you go about threads criticizing US govt actions drawing parallels to similar actions in other regimes like China or Russia?
bdhe 9 hours ago There's a whole wikipedia article discussing how it is both a logical fallacy and how it is often used as a tool of propaganda.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhataboutismPlease don't engage in whataboutism. One should be able to criticize China's actions without calling into discussion actions of other nations.Do you go about threads criticizing US govt actions drawing parallels to similar actions in other regimes like China or Russia?
It just makes it weird. When the US does something bad and people go "but CHINA!" it's also weird.
Because it's very obvious whataboutism.
Sure and what's the problem with that?
If you can't explain why country A doing X is bad but country B doing similar thing isn't it probably means you don't have a good argument.
There's a whole wikipedia article discussing how it is both a logical fallacy and how it is often used as a tool of propaganda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
Please don't engage in whataboutism. One should be able to criticize China's actions without calling into discussion actions of other nations.
Do you go about threads criticizing US govt actions drawing parallels to similar actions in other regimes like China or Russia?