@geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world • 25 days agoBernie Sanders gets fact checkedlemmy.mlimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1510arrow-down1106
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minus-square@Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•25 days agoits whataboutism to point out a flaw in ones argument?
minus-square@RickC137@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-4•24 days agoWhataboutism is: “You said x but what about y?” Which doesn’t make x any less valid or problematic.
minus-square@anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish7•24 days agoImplying that the US chooses foreign support on the basis of democratic principles is misleading at-best It’s like me telling my doctor that I have a glass of wine a day, even though I also have a bottle of whiskey a day.
its whataboutism to point out a flaw in ones argument?
Whataboutism is: “You said x but what about y?” Which doesn’t make x any less valid or problematic.
Implying that the US chooses foreign support on the basis of democratic principles is misleading at-best
It’s like me telling my doctor that I have a glass of wine a day, even though I also have a bottle of whiskey a day.