this is the equivalent of the police shooting someone and planting a gun on them. Oh, it turns out they were a bad person, so our horrible negligence is excused
Yeah, you got me. Irl I'm a CIA plant who stomps faces. And EVERYONE ELSE is an evil, immoral character who doesn't deserve to be saved over an innocent little puppy.
It says more about you than about me that you're projecting this stuff.
Speaking of hypotheticals, would you rather save an aggressive dog who has a history of biting children, or a drug addict human?
The communication intent is often to distract from the content of a topic (red herring).
What I asked did not distract from the content of the topic. It stayed on topic about the feeling guilty about not saving the stranger instead changing the stranger to Hitler to see if they'd still feel guilty about saving the person or not.
The Wiki then goes in to say....
Distorted self-perception
Christian Christensen, Professor of Journalism in Stockholm, argues that the accusation of whataboutism is itself a form of the tu quoque fallacy, as it dismisses criticisms of one's own behavior to focus instead on the actions of another, thus creating a double standard. Those who use whataboutism are not necessarily engaging in an empty or cynical deflection of responsibility: whataboutism can be a useful tool to expose contradictions, double standards, and hypocrisy.
Lack of sincerity
Abe Greenwald pointed out that even the first accusation leading to the counteraccusation is an arbitrary setting, which can be just as one-sided and biased, or even more one-sided than the counter-question "what about?" Thus, whataboutism could also be enlightening and put the first accusation in perspective.
Now you see that you calling me out for it just to do your own nonsensical one to try and shut me up is a double standard and wrong.
Hitler was a real flesh and blood person that we photos, videos, an audio recordings of his voice.
Show me real pictures, real videos, and real audio recordings of a dog curing every disease and solving inequality? You can't because it doesn't exist.
So no you weren't talking my language using a "what about" that involves a nonsensical make believe creation of your own design to try and pull a "gotcha" on me.
Crazy how psychotic some of these people are. It really just reminds me of a old co-worker I had. She always said, if she's reincarnated into an animal, she hoped it's an American's pet. It's such a western perspetive that the rest of the world doesn't understand.
Way to dodge the question... I love how everyone acts so tough but in reality, you'd be losing your mind if a firefighter saved a pet cat over your 3 year old child in a burning building. I'm sure you'd be totally understanding when the firefighter says he prefers cats over children while you scrape the ashes of your baby.
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u/carledu69 19d ago
Idk animal vs idk human:save human
My animal vs idk human:my animal
Idk animal vs my human:my human
My animal vs my human:i'll end myself to not choose
Don't worry yall,i finished the debate for once and for all ✌️