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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by rumanator on Thursday November 07, 2019 @03:54AM (#21471553)
> Now lets look into israel and their spying/influence in traditional and social media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by raxxorrax on Thursday November 07, 2019 @04:28AM (#21471710)
If it isn't used to defend the action (spying), establish it as justified and therefore clear the offender from guilt, the fallacy doesn't really apply.

The statement is bullshit on its own though.

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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by rumanator on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:23AM (#21472914)
> If it isn't used to defend the action

No, it's still a fallacy. Just because you feel the need to deflect attention towards your personal targets it doesn't mean your argument is sound.

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