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US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It literally isn't.

It's pointing out that this is the pot calling the kettle black.

Whataboutism would be like "the US uses its media funding apparatus to keep certain ideas out of public consciousness."

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about ...?") is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense against the original accusation.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Surely you can see how that's a different thing when you engage in the exact type of behaviors you're accusing others of. Surely.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

I'm defending my argument that the first comment was indeed whataboutism. Are you confused?