I am a right-wing feminist, so reddit has banned me on a number of fronts.

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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.