right, sorry for bringing up the US and Taiwan while we were talking about ... the US and Taiwan.
Really gives the game away that "whataboutism" just means "there can be no criticism of the US empire".
right, sorry for bringing up the US and Taiwan while we were talking about ... the US and Taiwan.
Really gives the game away that "whataboutism" just means "there can be no criticism of the US empire".
Watching libs learn about gas lighting and whataboutism and get coached by their thought leaders in exactly how to misuse those concepts to defend the status quo and shut out all critical thinking has been pretty wild.
It's always been like this. Back when Godwin's Law was hip and cool I had a lib pull it on me during an argument about World War II.
You brought up Hitler/the Nazis during an argument about World War II? You fucking monster
The only person worse than me is Hitl- nooooooo!
Godwin's Law mutated from "every online conversation converges to Hitler" prosac truism into some kind of "mentioning Hitler means you lose" gotcha.