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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou... by munin on Saturday June 18, 2016 @01:01PM (#11929424)
> There should be a 'law' named for that attempted topic distraction in public forums.

there kind of is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes

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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou... by DblPlusUngood on Saturday June 18, 2016 @01:11PM (#11929494)
Here are even more names for this fallacy: tu quoque and whataboutism.
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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou... by lostlogin on Saturday June 18, 2016 @03:04PM (#11930086)
Thanks. "Ad hominem once removed" was as close as I could get.
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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou... by jerichois on Saturday June 18, 2016 @11:39PM (#11931689)
While this might apply in some cases, I feel for most it's about putting things in perspective.
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