Also the act of calling out whataboutism is perversely a focus shift in itself. It functions as a dog whistle as well, because the term is only ever used against communists and Russians.
This is The Dialogue. Except sometimes “holocaust denial” is used in place of “whataboutism “. For instance, questioning the relative intensity of famines reported under communist regimes is often labeled as such. It’s also used to silence discussion of the necessity of political purges, and the resulting prison population’s size relative to the prison population in today’s United States.
It’s also used to silence discussion of the necessity of political purges, and the resulting prison population’s size relative to the prison population in today’s United States.
:very-intelligent: “have you considered tho that stalin personally strangled all the bolsheviks with his asiatic hordes after doing a heckin trade deal with one of the hitlers”
Also the act of calling out whataboutism is perversely a focus shift in itself. It functions as a dog whistle as well, because the term is only ever used against communists and Russians.
"Communism killed eleventy brazillion people."
"That's a lie. And capitalism has killed (insert actual number here.)"
"WHATABOUTISM"
This is The Dialogue. Except sometimes “holocaust denial” is used in place of “whataboutism “. For instance, questioning the relative intensity of famines reported under communist regimes is often labeled as such. It’s also used to silence discussion of the necessity of political purges, and the resulting prison population’s size relative to the prison population in today’s United States.
Edit: or The UK
:very-intelligent: “have you considered tho that stalin personally strangled all the bolsheviks with his asiatic hordes after doing a heckin trade deal with one of the hitlers”
Touché
There was some weird anticommunist ranting even here about that shit on a Stalin post a couple days ago and I was just like
:wut:
I don’t think I even dunked on them, I just logged off. Everyone else seemed to have it handled lol