whataboutist

    • JoBo@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      Whataboutery is a much better term than whataboutism. And doesn’t lend itself to mischaracterisation as a personality trait rather than a fallacious style of argument.

      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 year ago

        Whataboutery is a much better term

        Never heard it, though…

        mischaracterisation as a personality trait rather than a fallacious style of argument.

        Probably both. At least the people I’ve seen using it have done it regularly.