• LWD@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Cruptocurrency evangelists use this whataboutism the same way fossil fuel evangelists say “cars produce carbon monoxide, but so do cows!” as if they’ve proven or debunked anything

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, whataboutism is essentially telling on one’s self; an implicit recognition that one has no better arguments than to try to distract.