"“Experts” told you if you complied with lockdowns, censorship, masks and vaccinations—life would return to normal. “Conspiracy theorists” told you Covid was never going to end, and governments would use it to usher in a totalitarian new world order. Who do you believe now?" -- Candace Owens

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[–]FediNetizen 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Eh, at that time Candace Owens was claiming the projections that the government was basing their initial lockdowns on (something like 100k-240k deaths by August, which turned out to be entirely accurate) were made up to scare people. She was also bragging about all the small, unnecessary errands she was running.

"Experts" certainly get it wrong sometimes, but not as often or as brazenly as Candace fucking Owens.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Whataboutism is a propaganda technique first used by the Soviet Union, in its dealings with the Western world.[1] When Cold War criticisms were levelled at the Soviet Union, the response would be "What about..." followed by the naming of an event in the Western world.[2][3] It represents a case of tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy),[4] a logical fallacy that attempts to discredit the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position, without directly refuting or disproving the opponent's initial argument.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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

She literally ends her statement with "Who do you believe now?" and you call it whataboutism to point out she isn't reliable either?