Yeah, I always heard the history that it wasn't a 'tactic', it was a label that America/Britain would use when their hypocrisy was called out constantly when doing moral grandstanding.
Either way, 'whataboutism' is right up there with 'gaslighting' on the list of words Americans have been misusing since around 2015 or so.
It was actually made up by the Brits because they didnt like the Ira pointed out their war crimes, but i dont expect social fascist glenn to know that
Yeah, I always heard the history that it wasn't a 'tactic', it was a label that America/Britain would use when their hypocrisy was called out constantly when doing moral grandstanding.
Either way, 'whataboutism' is right up there with 'gaslighting' on the list of words Americans have been misusing since around 2015 or so.
The 'teaching libs words' meme is evergreen.