whataboutism

Made up term created by US propagandists to defend their and their government's hypocrisy.

US propandist: this is an evil man because he has tortured people!
Concerned citizen: what about US torturing people in Guantánamo Bay?
US propandist: Whataboutism!

by InRaged December 3, 2015

Whataboutism

Whataboutism- a made up word used to try to excuse democrats for any-and-everything negative that they have done in an attempt not to take any responsibility for their blatant hypocrisy while simultaneously attack their political opponents for lesser crimes in order clutch pearls in a fit of fake outrage.

ex
Rational Individual: "Hey man why are you so upset about Jan 6 when trump supporters only walked into a building waved American flags and broke a bench but BLM did 2 billion dollars of damages over 200 days and Kamala Harris encouraged them and Bailed out rioters ?

Brainwashed CNN Zombie: "That's whataboutism, we had to make up a fictional word to conceal and ignore and excuse our hypocrisy.

Rational Individual: " Oh I get it , you had to do this because there is no word that in the English language that exists that severs this function, as there shouldn't be!"
white privilege

by Kid Gruesome October 30, 2021

Whataboutism

When you deflect criticism by pointing out deficiencies in your critics, specifically using the phrase "what about x?"

Dad: "Your room is messy. Please clean it up."
You: "You've always been criticizing my room! What about YOUR room? Or what about mom? Shouldn't YOU be the one cleaning up you life?"
Dad: "Just clean your damn room. Damn whataboutism."

by JohnW22 May 25, 2016

Whataboutthemism

when u get confronted about something you've done, and you bring up what someone else might have done.

I caught becky with brad last night and confronted her about it. She had the nerve to say, well you didnt get mad when lisa did it.

I'm like, here this bitch go with the whataboutthemism.

by D'nutz January 28, 2021

WHATABOUTARY

an accusation for the person who provides inconvenient facts which discredit your viewpoint of a religously held but mostly irrational and unsubstanciated belief, particularly where you dont want to confront the argument seriously and prefer to focus on the (actually non existent) injustice of the perceived wrong doer.

There are a lot of reasons for the wage gap, such as the compounding of the difference in working hours between men and women and the difference in experience produced, or the fact that men retire later, or about 15 other factors which are well documented...
"Shut up with your Whataboutary!!!!!" - then quickly change the subject.

by BracketB October 28, 2021

Whataboutism

A word to disregard the obvious hypocrisy you otherwise would have to deal with.

Person 1 (Citizen of Country 3) : Country 1 shouldn't invade Country 2.
Person 2: Country 3 (your country) has been doing it for years. In fact, it's the sole reason for it's entire existence.
Person 1: Whataboutism.

by IG: 1dbtheplug April 1, 2022

whataboutism

An attempt to change the subject, often attempting to connect the emotional component of the original comment to whatever the individual thinks belongs in the same emotional bucket as the original subject of the conversation.

Individual 1: I am very upset about X. I dislike it for the following 6 reasons.
Individual 2: Y is a much more important thing than X.
Individual 1: OK... Sure, fine, whatever. I was talking about X though. If you'd like to talk about Y, fine, let's talk about Y. We can do that, or not do that, without getting into a discussion ranking the importance of every single thing on the planet... It is difficult to have conversations with you do to your constant use of whataboutism.

by SimpleSimon34 May 2, 2019