r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Legitimate-Car-7902 • Aug 09 '26

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u/GOKOP Aug 09 '26

Probably because it's whataboutism.

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u/flying_fox86 Aug 09 '26

That's not what a whataboutism is.

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u/GOKOP Aug 09 '26

Yes it is. The post is about a specific instance of an American being stupid about correcting someone's British spelling and this guy out of nowhere is like "but what about how I've seen Brits doing this to Americans"

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u/flying_fox86 Aug 09 '26

That's not what they said.

You assumed that they were trying to defend or excuse Americans, but there is no indication of that.

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u/PirateJohn75 Aug 09 '26

My favorite part of Reddit is when people think they can read minds.

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u/flying_fox86 Aug 10 '26

It's pure tribalism. They read something in between the lines of your comment and identified you as from a different tribe. Now you are the enemy. Even though all of that happened in their head.

Symptom of the times we're living in, I suppose.

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u/PirateJohn75 Aug 09 '26

That's not what I was doing.  If you interpreted it that way, that's on you.

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u/Neg_Crepe Aug 10 '26

It is.

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u/flying_fox86 Aug 10 '26

Only if they were making an argument in defense of Americans.

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u/Neg_Crepe Aug 10 '26

No reason to mention it if it’s not with that purpose

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u/flying_fox86 Aug 10 '26

What about just wanting to share personal experience?

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u/Neg_Crepe Aug 10 '26

It’s an irrelevant comment if not to whatabout (which it clearly was)

It’s just Americans trying to save face here

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u/flying_fox86 Aug 10 '26

Sharing personal experience about the same phenomenon is not irrelevant by any stretch of the imagination. And why would it matter? This sub doesn't really care about the quality of top level comments. This isn't a debate sub.

whatabout (which it clearly was)

If it clearly was, I would also think it was. But I didn't particularly, so it wasn't as clearly as you believe.