Biden's Press Conference!

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(08-31-2020, 07:59 PM)Dill Wrote: No.

They call it "whataboutism" when it is an attempt to deflect judgment/discussion away from Trump/Biswn and and the example is not really equivalent. People "whatabout" when they want to normalize or neutralize a negative judgment about someone, without acknowledging the legitimacy of the criticism directed at that someone.

Citing precedents and setting up comparisons or contrasts to make a point about Trump or Biden on this thread is not "whataboutism" and is perfectly in bounds. That STARTS in deplth discussion. Whataboutism is intended to end it. 

Still going to go with it's "whataboutisim" when folks bring up Trump's quotes (funny it's called gaffs by many around here when Biden does it) in a thread not started to compare Biden's comments to Trump's. OP simply made reference to Biden.

Now if the OP would have said "Look how much more feeble Biden is than Trump" you and others would have a point, Short of that the replies are nothing more than to deflect/mitigate Biden's comments.

For instance if folks said Trump tramples over the Constitution with his Executive over reach and I were to bring up past POTUS have done the same, would you consider that whataboutisim?

I think our view on what is and is not whataboutisim is vastly swayed by how we feel about the point.