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| Topic Started: Nov 15 2017, 10:20 AM (237 Views) | |
| Steve K | Nov 15 2017, 10:20 AM Post #1 |
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Whataboutism (technically a variant of the Tu Quoque ad hom attack) is I admit a new term to me but now I see it is far from unknown here A shamelessly disingenuous tactic first industrialised by the Soviet Union, it has this general form i) Person A makes claim X. ii) Person B asserts that A's hasn't claimed some other vaguely alignable point. iii) Therefore X is false Trump has become its latest serial mass public user. Whatever, it's a term we're going to hear more of. |
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| Barry | Nov 15 2017, 10:23 AM Post #2 |
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I've always known it as whataboutery. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whataboutery |
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| Steve K | Nov 15 2017, 10:26 AM Post #3 |
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However I see your Whataboutery wiki link and raise you a Whataboutism wiki link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism Will amend the thread title |
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| papasmurf | Nov 15 2017, 10:42 AM Post #4 |
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what about + -ery Commonly used in describing political discourse during the Northern Ireland troubles. |
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| Steve K | Nov 15 2017, 04:45 PM Post #5 |
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Indeed so. It was the standard tool of IRA apologists |
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| johnofgwent | Nov 16 2017, 08:00 AM Post #6 |
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It .. It is GREEN !!
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Often used by pots to deflect criticism when they call kettles black, IMO |
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| Alberich | Nov 16 2017, 03:35 PM Post #7 |
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But what about the workers, I hear you ask. Cue Smurfy! |
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| ranger121 | Nov 16 2017, 03:45 PM Post #8 |
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Won't someone please think of the children? |
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