in responce, one user wrote

whataboutism

the technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue.

and someone else replied

Nevercomparism

The technique or practice of responding to any comparison to a point someone made with whataboutism, even when it doesn’t fit because it wasn’t a counter-argument and was about the same issue.

undyne-huh just uh… just watching new fallacies evolving in a petri-dish i guess

  • i_drink_bleach [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    Sweet fucking refried beans I can’t stand reddit-logo anymore. I was on there a little while ago reading a comment thread and the whole conversation just devolved into people calling each other bots. No opinions, no facts, nothing. Just “You’re a bot!” “NO U!” Fuck sake.