whataboutism

[hwuht-uh-bou-tiz-uhm, wuht‐, hwot‐, wot‐]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a conversational tactic in which a person responds to an argument or attack by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct, implying that all criticism is invalid because no one is completely blameless.
Excusing your mistakes with whataboutism is not the same as defending your record.

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First recorded in 1975–80; from the phrase what about? + -ism ( def. )

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Your mileage may vary as to whether Egg ��aboutism is a feckless approach.

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��aboutism and bothsidesism are tactics utilized to dismiss moral calls to end genocide.

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Despite the whataboutism of the counter-accusation, they’ve got a point.

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And he did so with his favorite tool: dishonest whataboutism.

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The whataboutism narrative is that this is a race between two old men.

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