The Quartermaster
Verified Military
When we're talking about something that's going on right now, and they instantly default to Epstein or 6th JAN, it's for sure a whataboutism.I think this statement is overused by people who want to avoid tough conversations. Not unlike claiming whataboutism when you really just dont want to hear the other side.
Whataboutism is used when they don't want to admit that their side was wrong and it's a way for them to deflect and move the goalposts to avoid admittance that they were wrong, another fallacy. It's a valid claim here. I want to talk about what just happened, I am not avoiding something entirely irrelevant that's being used to topic slide away from what's making them uncomfortable.