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Alifatiskyesterday at 7:22 PM1 replyview on HN

> Someone needs to name this fallacy.

Whataboutism?


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EmiDubyesterday at 7:51 PM

Whataboutism isn’t a fallacy and is widely misused online.

If someone says “I think x should stop because of y”. It is a valid argumentative response to say “y also occurs with z, so should z also stop?”. It is argumentatively revealing either hypocrisy, or that the original imperative relies on additional, unstated arguments/assumptions/biases.

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