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Re:Sergey Brin joins protest against immigration order at SFO by lomnakkus on Sunday January 29, 2017 @04:12AM (#13513227)
This is Whataboutism.
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Re:Sergey Brin joins protest against immigration order at SFO by mc32 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @11:52AM (#13514991)
Case law is based on "whatabout-ism" so there is little unusual about it. It's nice and quippy to say "whataboutism" and be dismissive but it's a really important principle in common law.
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Re:Sergey Brin joins protest against immigration order at SFO by grzm on Sunday January 29, 2017 @11:56AM (#13515022)
This discussion does not even approach the rigor of jurisprudence.
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