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Re:Linus Torvalds Comments on the Russian Linux Maintainers ... by yehat on Thursday October 24, 2024 @01:52PM (#41937805)
When the word "whataboutism" is used, you know it's the one rejection of a valid argument or analogy that helps clarify the argument. The ones that can't deal with that coined the therm "whataboutism".
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Re:Linus Torvalds Comments on the Russian Linux Maintainers ... by scoofy on Thursday October 24, 2024 @04:27PM (#41939402)
Whataboutism isn't an argument, it's a deflection.
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Re:Linus Torvalds Comments on the Russian Linux Maintainers ... by lenkite on Saturday October 26, 2024 @05:56AM (#41953758)
No, its called applying the same argument and same standard to both parties. Your "Laws" are equally applied or not at all.
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Re:Linus Torvalds Comments on the Russian Linux Maintainers ... by aprentic on Thursday October 24, 2024 @06:43PM (#41940603)
"Whataboutism" was originally a valid criticism of "tu-quoque" attacks.

Now it's frequently used as a defense for hypocrisy.

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