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[–]King_Brutus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think the problem most people have is that the Barbery slave trade or Saharan slave trade are brought up as whataboutisms to the slave trade that occurred in the US and doesn't do anything to address the current problem.

Now I'm not saying that to minimize any of the slave trades, but I think it's been historically demonstrated that the US slave trade brought several problems to the black population in the US. Whether or not those effects are still accurately felt beyond self-victimization or if they need to be fixed (mostly through reparations) is an entirely different subject.

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I think whataboutism is like conspiracy theories, a term made up by our rulers to make legitimate discussion not work, it's a way to keep us from using facts and logic to win arguments, and to allow double think to prevail.

[–]King_Brutus 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a legitimate fallacy in arguments, but the problem is that people so liberally use it nowadays that you can't compare anything without it being "whataboutism" and trying to shut down the discussion.

Comparing things is a legitimate form of argument and honestly whataboutism being applied correctly is pretty rare.