Whataboutism (noun) (Br/En)
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The technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue.
1970s from the way in which counter-accusations may take the form of questions introduced by ‘What about —?’.
Example sentences
“It was less a counter argument and more an exercise in whataboutism.”
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