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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by weakfish on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:00PM (#31111222)
Whataboutism is a logical fallacy and doesn’t address the argument at hand
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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by MockObject on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:20PM (#31112376)
Adding context is not a logical fallacy.

The context is that the 2020 Mostly Peaceful Protests, a worldwide pandemic, and extreme political polarization weren't normal, either.

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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by evandale on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:48PM (#31111872)
Isn't this whole thread whataboutism? The claim is the world will go back being as crazy as it was in 2020 (but OP gave a 2021 example) if Trump was let back on Twitter.

The counterargument was that the example given was actually in 2021, and the given example of crazy (Jan 6 2021) was less crazy than 2020 (BLM protests).

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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by mardifoufs on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:28PM (#31112507)
Just as an aside, whataboutism is not a logical fallacy.
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