whataboutist

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think that some do, some don’t.

    Some people who use the fallacy (it’s a type of red herring) show signs of knowing that it’s logically invalid, and that they’re still doing it because they value persuasion over moral/intellectual standards. But in some cases it smells a lot like plain lack of rational thinking.