> A conversational tactic in which a person responds to an argument or attack by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct, implying that all criticism is invalid because no one is completely blameless

> Excusing your mistakes with whataboutism is not the same as defending your record.

This was emphatically not what I was doing.

That said, GGP post did not point out similar actions. Airbus did not risk passengers' lives. That is the issue here: public safety.

Doesnt mean Boeing shouldnt restructure or disappear.

and how is highlighting airbus misconduct not a textbook example of this?

you even linked the explanation sentence, but did you read it?

I think we disagree on what whataboutism means. I think we're just gonna have to agree to disagree, because we're having a meta argument at this point.