No
Whataboutery has always been exactly what you see above. Someone sees a point being made about ‘their’ side that they don’t like. Rather than engage with that point and whether it’s valid, they respond by throwing an equivalent or parallel accusation at the ‘other’ side. To try and move the conversation or debate there, rather than it staying on the issue they don’t like about their own side.
And it is very much the favourite tactic of the right (although the left does do it sometimes.)
Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 15th 2019 at 20:40:30
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- Trump's been racist again. (General Chat) - pants, Jul 15, 19:41:29
- When is he not racist? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 15, 20:14:13
- I can remember posting,after watching Galloway on press TV about 8 years ago,that count (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 15, 19:53:51
- all that progress (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 15, 19:45:28
- Whataboutery. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 15, 20:27:16
- Tricky,whataboutery just highlights how people judge different groups (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 15, 20:48:40
- People who don't like the far right also don't like the far left. Why the extremes? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 15, 20:14:57
- The Conservatives didn't even have a definition for anti semitism until July last year. (General Chat) - pants, Jul 15, 20:02:01
- and you have just tried to make two wrongs into a right (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 15, 20:08:06
- No, he has you there (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 15, 20:23:10
- the Labour party simply is not racist, it's a complete fucking sham (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 16, 01:57:33
- You mean those dastardly Jews? (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jul 16, 11:28:42
- Hold on. Pants posted about Trump, the far right and racism (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 15, 20:31:00
- I am not a far right supporter (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 15, 20:53:41
- Whataboutery is what used to be called an example... (General Chat) - yellowman, Jul 15, 20:36:06
- No (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 15, 20:40:30
- Ok....I just might.... (General Chat) - yellowman, Jul 15, 20:45:28
- No (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 15, 20:40:30
- Thanks, that's why gobb got a short reply because he was accusing me of the very (General Chat) - pants, Jul 15, 20:33:17
- Ok fair enough. Soz (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 15, 20:45:15
- Ta (General Chat) - pants, Jul 15, 20:57:49
- what are you on about (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 15, 22:40:07
- Ta (General Chat) - pants, Jul 15, 20:57:49
- Ok fair enough. Soz (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 15, 20:45:15
- ^^^ to pants (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 15, 20:23:39
- He answered my post about Trump, with a comment about Labour (General Chat) - pants, Jul 15, 20:31:44
- the Labour party simply is not racist, it's a complete fucking sham (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 16, 01:57:33
- No, that's what you did. (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jul 15, 20:13:49
- No, he has you there (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 15, 20:23:10
- and you have just tried to make two wrongs into a right (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 15, 20:08:06
- Whataboutery. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 15, 20:27:16
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