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Re:Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives by ziofill on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @08:45PM (#49636764)
Come on now, I don’t think it was meant as a justification of that inexcusable driver’s behaviour.
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Re:Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives by esrauch on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @10:09PM (#49637471)
What was the comment trying to say?
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Re:Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives by staticshock on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @09:21PM (#49637066)
the downvoted comment sounded like textbook whataboutism to me. those who responded have their antennae up for rhetorical fallacies.

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

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Re:Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives by roenxi on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @10:27PM (#49637610)
Classifying something as a textbook whataboutism is typically itself a rhetorical fallacy. It is rare for it to be used in the sense of identifying a real problem. Normally when it gets invoked someone has an argument, often a reasonable one, and someone else wants to pretend it isn't a valid but can't come up with a logical inconsistency.

In this case nxm's comment has formal problems - it is just irrelevant. True or not, it doesn't justify mowing down cyclists.

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