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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by user3939382 on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:05AM (#33466885)
That's a new trend, to dismiss hypocrisy by calling it whataboutism.

IMHO the latter only legitimately applies where the comparison is tangential/apples to oranges, or if "two wrongs don't make a right" is being argued.

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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by Mindless2112 on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:14AM (#33468102)
"Appeal to hypocrisy" was recognized as a logical fallacy long before it was called "whataboutism".
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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by droopyEyelids on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:20AM (#33468204)
The trouble is that while it's a logical fallacy, it's not so clearly a moral fallacy.
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