It's a lot easier to dismiss an argument when you have the thought-terminating cliche of "Conspiracy Theory" ready for any statement that takes more than 3/5's of a second to explain
Absolutely. I can't even figure out how to approach some arguments without it though.
It's like I'm not trying to say my guy killing people is ok or whatever, I'm trying to say others can't condone the bad parts of, say the USSR, while willfully ignoring the whole history of the United States as essentially a global terrorism state.
But as soon as I drop the Big W, they act like they won for recognizing a fallacy or some shitm
Yea you would think pointing out we do the exact thing, often times worse, so we aren't really in any position to condemn or, if some libs had their way, invade another country because of it would be a pretty airtight argument but unfortunately whether they realize it or not libs are just as hypocritical as chuds when it comes to the foreign policy positions of "it's ok when we do it, if anybody else does it it's completely unacceptable"
It's especially bizarre because one could argue comparison is the basis for all logic and reason
How do you even understand anything about the world without ever comparing 2 things? It would be impossible
Whatabotism as a concept is an insult to all intelligent life, the english language (critical support) and especially whichever of our ancestors first evolved to rub two braincells together and be capable of comparing things in the rirst place
I'd go as far as saying that believing in whataboutism is a rejection of sentience
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It's very deliberate
It's a lot easier to dismiss an argument when you have the thought-terminating cliche of "Conspiracy Theory" ready for any statement that takes more than 3/5's of a second to explain
Never mind that the whole reason we have a distinct word for "conspiracy" is because it's a phenomenon that you encounter in the real world.
Me: brings up a good point that compares or contrasts an AES to the west
Them: THAT'S WHATABOUTISM!!!!1!!!
Me: ...and?
Whataboutism? What about deez nuts?
Literally the best bot.
Holy shit that thing is loose in the wild and I love it.
Honestly couldn't have been introduced to it at a better time. It's hilarious.
It really was pretty slick of them to just come up with a term that means "pointing our hypocrisy" that somehow negates the hypocrisy.
Absolutely. I can't even figure out how to approach some arguments without it though.
It's like I'm not trying to say my guy killing people is ok or whatever, I'm trying to say others can't condone the bad parts of, say the USSR, while willfully ignoring the whole history of the United States as essentially a global terrorism state.
But as soon as I drop the Big W, they act like they won for recognizing a fallacy or some shitm
Yea you would think pointing out we do the exact thing, often times worse, so we aren't really in any position to condemn or, if some libs had their way, invade another country because of it would be a pretty airtight argument but unfortunately whether they realize it or not libs are just as hypocritical as chuds when it comes to the foreign policy positions of "it's ok when we do it, if anybody else does it it's completely unacceptable"
It's especially bizarre because one could argue comparison is the basis for all logic and reason
How do you even understand anything about the world without ever comparing 2 things? It would be impossible
Whatabotism as a concept is an insult to all intelligent life, the english language (critical support) and especially whichever of our ancestors first evolved to rub two braincells together and be capable of comparing things in the rirst place
I'd go as far as saying that believing in whataboutism is a rejection of sentience