Whataboutism
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whataboutism-182-18385810
title:
Whataboutism
text:
Whataboutism or whataboutery is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense against the original accusation. From a logical and argumentative point of view, whataboutism is considered a variant of the tu-quoque pattern, which is a subtype of the ad-hominem argument. The communication intent is often to distract from the content of a topic. The goal may also be to question the justification for criticism and the legitimacy, integrity
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Formal fallacy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
date created:
2012-05-16T19:45:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T17:26:56Z
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