From what I've seen, in context, a whataboutism is concerned about the argument of moral authority and precedent from the person accusing a AES or progressive of something bad...
Here's some rules:
Apply it when it relates to the precedent of incidents that seem exceptionally bad, when committed by Actually-Existing-Socialist countries, but are ignored, if not justified in Capitalist ones... they could be explained as historical thinking of the time or justified under circumstances
For example: https://hexbear.net/post/2329752 (Homosexuality laws compared between historical Soviet Union and the West, lemmygrad meme)
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However, don't use irrelevant ones to detract from past mistakes, they make you look daft and aloof
I'll explain more later on...
Tons of leftists were once libs and we need a lot more people on our side before we can get much done. We have to get new leftists from somewhere -- if we write off all libs, where are we going to get all our people from?
IRL sure, but online headass libs? "We can never stop dunking"
A lot of people get radicalized (at least in part) from what they read on the internet. Dunks can be an effective way to get a point across, but they probably work best when complimented with more straightforward arguments.
thank you for your service in the posting wars o7