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Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act by throwaway894345 on Monday February 14, 2022 @07:15PM (#30340613)
It’s not like Trudeau is exactly a paragon of egalitarianism or racial sensitivity.
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Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act by canadian-on-hn on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:42PM (#30341485)
If you haven't heard the term before, this kind of response is called called "whataboutism":

> Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about…?") is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy, which attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving the argument.

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

Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act by rasz on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:12PM (#30341752)
No its not. This is pointing out hypocrisy.
Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act by abstract_put on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:53PM (#30342095)
> No its not. This is pointing out hypocrisy

I think it's worth reading the page - the definition is:

> Whataboutism ... is a ... logical fallacy, which attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving the argument

You've charged hypocrisy, I don't see a direct refutation of the argument. Given that, it seems like this situation exactly fits the definition of 'whataboutism'?