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No he’s right. Shouting about Trump as a deflection from valid criticism of Biden is a classic whataboutism.

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Comparing two candidates for a position is not a logical fallacy.

Using whataboutism to deflect from the criticisms of one is.

Again, criticism was acknowledged.

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And then discarded with a whataboutism.

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Can you go into detail? What’s the criticism that you think is being deflected?

EDIT: nah, I’m just going to stick with my initial assertion. Comparing two candidates for a position is not a logical fallacy. Do you agree?

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No. It’s a complete misunderstanding of whataboutism.

Whataboutism is when you point to another similar situation and say “what about that”.

Examples…

A non-whataboutism - Biden is old, but we absolutely cannot have trump, a self proclaimed wannabe dictator, become president.

A whataboutism - Biden is old. Yeah, but trump is old too!

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There is nowhere that defines whataboutism with that restriction. You guys are so deep in the sand you’re pulling out literal propaganda techniques to manufacture consent.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Here try this^^

Or just google “what is a whataboutism” and take your pick.

Basically, take the argument against you, and accuse your opposition, or someone else of the same thing.

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