07-01-2024, 10:22 AM
(07-01-2024, 07:40 AM)hollodero Wrote: I indeed don't know about that. Not to accuse you of whataboutism directly, I don't take it as a defense of Trump, but this is just this kind of "Dem do it too" argument that doesn't really make things any better. My viewpoints are not at all fueled by wanting to stand up for democrats in the first place, it's just troubling that's all and they sure contributed plenty to get there.
The Dems have been playing this game for years, but seems like you only started paying attention to American politics within the last 10 years if you didn't know about the "granny over the cliff" campaign. Calling Trump Hitler and fearmongering about concentration camps is pretty beyond the pale, too. Deplorable smears isn't something unique, much less novel, with Trump.
The point is you can't only be outraged when one side does it and then lament why things never change. Let's stop calling it "whataboutism" and maybe acknowledge it's calling out hypocrisy, because 90% of this board's "outrage" is highly selective and partisan.
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