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A Wikipedia article on the topic asserts that it is an informal fallacy but shows significant ideological bias and fails to establish the concept as part of modern philosophy.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism</ref> |
A Wikipedia article on the topic asserts that it is an informal fallacy but shows significant ideological bias and fails to establish the concept as part of modern philosophy.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:31, 12 April 2020
Whataboutery (or whataboutism) is a term often used by feminists to shutdown arguments made by MRAs. The definition provided in the Cambridge Dictionary uses just such an example:[1]
He's the kind of person who responds to an attempt to protect women from domestic violence with whataboutery: "What about male victims of domestic violence?"
A Wikipedia article on the topic asserts that it is an informal fallacy but shows significant ideological bias and fails to establish the concept as part of modern philosophy.[2]