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.
"Shut up with your Whataboutary!!!!!" - then quickly change the subject.
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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.
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
Get the Whataboutism mug.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.
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
Get the whataboutism mug.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.
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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!"
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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!"
black fragility
by Kid Gruesome October 30, 2021
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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 to push their political agenda.
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 to push their political agenda.
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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 single 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 excuse our hypocrisy.
Rational Individual: " Oh You had to do this because there is no word in the English language that exists that severs this function-
if trump supporters would have burned some cars it would have been deemed a peaceful protest!"
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Son : Dad
"Why when George George Floyd was killed was there so much outrage even though he was arrested like 50 times and he Pointed a gun at a pregnant Black women's abdomen while his homies ransacked her house during a home invasion?"
But then when Ashli Babbitt- a war veteran who served in Iraq- was protesting in a public office (the office of the people) against election fraud was gunned down like an animal though and the media ignored it even though she had no criminal record?"
Father: "Thats whataboutism Son,we live in a communist hellhole where the media controls peoples minds like zombies because they are weakminded, susceptible to brainwashing and propaganda so they elected a geriatric dementia patient into the white house due to their Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Son: "Thanks Dad, I feel alot Better!"
Dad: "Good Night Son!"
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 single 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 excuse our hypocrisy.
Rational Individual: " Oh You had to do this because there is no word in the English language that exists that severs this function-
if trump supporters would have burned some cars it would have been deemed a peaceful protest!"
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Son : Dad
"Why when George George Floyd was killed was there so much outrage even though he was arrested like 50 times and he Pointed a gun at a pregnant Black women's abdomen while his homies ransacked her house during a home invasion?"
But then when Ashli Babbitt- a war veteran who served in Iraq- was protesting in a public office (the office of the people) against election fraud was gunned down like an animal though and the media ignored it even though she had no criminal record?"
Father: "Thats whataboutism Son,we live in a communist hellhole where the media controls peoples minds like zombies because they are weakminded, susceptible to brainwashing and propaganda so they elected a geriatric dementia patient into the white house due to their Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Son: "Thanks Dad, I feel alot Better!"
Dad: "Good Night Son!"
by Kid Gruesome October 30, 2021
Get the Whataboutism mug.1. How the left makes excuses for losing when, their opponent is deplorable, by going high instead of low.
When saying the right doesn't protect free speech either, a libtard replied, "that is whataboutism." Completely dismissing the relative nature of the arguement.
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