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[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism, tankies love this fallacy for some reason.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It’s “appeal to hypocrisy”. It’s very similar to butwhataboutism, but butwhataboutism relies on constantly shifting the focus and making the opponent jump through hoops while the butwhatabout-er never concedes anything. Hypocrisy is saying “you did bad shit too so you don’t get to talk.”