Watch the comments and downvotes freak out over your claim, when in fact it’s not even speculation: we know from projects like PRISM that all American companies feed their data to the NSA.
They’re getting downvoted for an unrelated comment not because they don’t believe America has companies that contribute to their mil industrial complex.
that is its own topic, bringing it up here is trying to shift attention away from the topic at hand.
Its also topic that should be talked about more, but in its own context.
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.
Watch the comments and downvotes freak out over your claim, when in fact it’s not even speculation: we know from projects like PRISM that all American companies feed their data to the NSA.
They’re getting downvoted for an unrelated comment not because they don’t believe America has companies that contribute to their mil industrial complex.
that is its own topic, bringing it up here is trying to shift attention away from the topic at hand. Its also topic that should be talked about more, but in its own context.
Unrelated to what? The comment is very much related to this post.
it’s whataboutism
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.”
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.
I’m defending my argument that the first comment was indeed whataboutism. Are you confused?
You repeating your favorite buzzword hardly matters to me.