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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by 2devnull on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:43AM (#33656351)
That falls into “whataboutism.”
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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by xvector on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:48AM (#33656425)
I would say it falls into "pointing out hypocrisy."
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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by 2devnull on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:24AM (#33657028)
We agree. “The other guys are hypocrites too” is a truism. Great power competition is real a thing. People tend to be hypocrites, and whatabouttism is commonplace. But we can do better.
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