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[–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

It's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism, tankies love this fallacy for some reason.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago*

    It’s “appeal to hypocrisy”. It’s very similar to butwhataboutism, but butwhataboutism relies on constantly shifting the focus and making the opponent jump through hoops while the butwhatabout-er never concedes anything. Hypocrisy is saying “you did bad shit too so you don’t get to talk.”

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