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0 pointsuser39393823y ago0 comments

That's a new trend, to dismiss hypocrisy by calling it whataboutism.

IMHO the latter only legitimately applies where the comparison is tangential/apples to oranges, or if "two wrongs don't make a right" is being argued.

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Mindless21123y ago

"Appeal to hypocrisy" was recognized as a logical fallacy long before it was called "whataboutism".

droopyEyelids3y ago

The trouble is that while it's a logical fallacy, it's not so clearly a moral fallacy.

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