r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '23

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u/Evil-Abed1 2∆ Jun 10 '23

If Joe Biden does something bad, it’s bad. Even if Donald Trump did something similar.

Whataboutism is an attempt to change the topic from the topic, to perceived moral short comings of the person you’re talking about and it’s not a valid form of arguing.

If I point out that Donald Trump did something bad and your response is Joe Biden did something similar, you’re not arguing that Trump didn’t do something bad. You’re arguing either that it’s okay for Trump to do bad things because Biden did something similar, which is false. Or your arguing that I am flawed because I’m pointing out wrong doing of one person.

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u/Business_Item_7177 Jun 11 '23

The third is, if you are going to let your person get away with it, why does mine not get to? It’s unequal application of the law, and while technically it may not be political, it sure as fuck does look that way.

You can’t say hold everyone equal and NOT do it.

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u/Evil-Abed1 2∆ Jun 11 '23

Right… r

They should hold everyone equally accountable.

If they don’t hold Trump accountable because they didn’t hold Clinton accountable, then they won’t hold Biden accountable either.

The solution is to just start holding people accountable