Whataboutism
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Whataboutism (also known as whataboutery) is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them with hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving their argument, which in the United States is particularly associated with Soviet and Russian propaganda.
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See also
- Ad hominem
- Fallacy of relative privation
- False equivalence
- The Mote and the Beam
- Unclean hands
- Double standard
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