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To: All; SmokingJoe

“You really want to continue this conversation?”

What-about-ism: The Fallacy Of Deflection Arguments

Why “what about” arguments help no one.

CHECK OUT ARTICLE WILL CLARIFY THE LOGIC FALLACY FOR APPLICATION TO:
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/whataboutism-the-fallacy-of-deflection-arguments


87 posted on 07/14/2022 6:54:20 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so serving on the front:)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
Are you also known as “marcusmaximus”?
He's been posting that same nonsense with pictures at least 10 times, and been dealt with accordingly.
You can't defend past American atrocities against civilians by quoting past Soviet leaders.
90 posted on 07/14/2022 7:00:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com; marcusmaximus; DesertRhino
“Whataboutism” is sometimes a derailing tactic.

But most of the time now people scream “whataboutism” to avoid anyone probing their thoughts for moral or logical coherence.

Also, after the number of times I've seen videos and photos of military personnel and/or equipment located in civilian structures, forgive me if I don't believe Zelensky's claim that there was no military just on his say-so. A recent video example of this phenomenon in action (pardon the Twitter user's vulgarity).

126 posted on 07/14/2022 8:05:06 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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