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Stalin the mysagonist (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"Whataboutism" being considered a logical fallacy was made up by an Irish Unionist (as in supporting Ireland being a British colony) because he didn't like it when people responded to "the irish resistance is violent" with "the British are magnitudes more violent and their violence wouldn't stop if the violent resistance stopped"

Consider understanding the historical context of a line of argumentation before using it.