← Back to context Comment by some_random 20 hours ago Because it's very obvious whataboutism. 2 comments some_random Reply owebmaster 16 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 14 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 16 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 14 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 14 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?
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?