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.
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.