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text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Logicnav" title="Template:Logicnav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Logicnav" title="Template talk:Logicnav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Logicnav&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>This tweet is to give notice that the argument "<a href="/wiki/Not_as_bad_as" title="Not as bad as">there are bigger problems than this!</a>" will no longer be an acceptable diversion unless you are personally working to stop the inevitable Heat Death of the Universe.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Katie Mack<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Whataboutism</b> (also known as <b>Whataboutery</b> especially in the <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">UK</a>) is a deflection or <a href="/wiki/Red_herring" title="Red herring">red herring</a> version of the classic <a href="/wiki/Tu_quoque" title="Tu quoque">tu quoque</a> logical fallacy — sometimes implementing the <a href="/wiki/Balance_fallacy" title="Balance fallacy">balance fallacy</a> as well — which is employed as a propaganda technique. It is used as a diversionary tactic to shift the focus off of an issue and avoid having to directly address it. This technique works by twisting criticism back onto the critic and in doing so revealing the original critic's <a href="/wiki/Hypocrisy" title="Hypocrisy">hypocrisy</a>. The usual syntax is "What about...?" followed by an issue on the opponent's side which is <i>vaguely</i>, if at all, related to the original issue. </p><p>The tactic is an old favorite of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:307</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Marxists" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxists">Marxists</a>/the <a href="/wiki/Far_left" class="mw-redirect" title="Far left">far left</a> in general; the strategy was originally used in the form of "And at your place, <a href="/wiki/Lynch_mob" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynch mob">they hang black people</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> The term 'whataboutery' itself, however, only dates back to 1974 with its use in <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> whereas the term 'whataboutism' dates back to 1978 with reference to the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, whataboutism made a comeback in Russia under <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>'s regime (since they seemingly learned <i>all the wrong lessons</i> from the Cold War),<sup>[<a href="/wiki/Help:References" title="Help:References"><i>citation needed</i></a>]</sup> and has also seen a rise in usage by <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, his support base, and the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Far-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-right">far-right</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p><p>Simply put, whataboutism refers to the bringing up of one issue in order to distract from the discussion of another. It does not apply to the comparison and analysis of two similar issues in terms such as why some are given more social prominence than others. Whataboutism can be found in many walks of life, not just the political arena, but among religious apologists, and even within rival factions of sports fandom. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Examples"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Examples</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Criticisms"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Criticisms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Examples">Examples</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Whataboutism&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Examples">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>As mentioned, one of the most common examples of this fallacy was Soviet responses to criticism by pointing out the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>' own failings, such as the mob lynching of blacks. "And you are <a href="/wiki/Lynching" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynching">lynching</a> Negroes" (or "And you are hanging blacks", as the term <i>Negro</i> fell into disrepute) was a common joke in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> at the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States'</a> expense,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[note 1]</a></sup> used when Americans accused the Soviets of violating <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a>. While often just an informal joke, sometimes this argument was used seriously. It's a <i><a href="/wiki/Tu_quoque" title="Tu quoque">tu quoque</a></i> argument and a type of whataboutism.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup> Instead of attempting to justify the behavior of the Soviet Union, this argument is an easy way to deflect blame onto America by implying they're hypocrites.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[note 2]</a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> invading a country is okay because <b><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">IRAQ</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya" class="extiw" title="wp:2011 military intervention in Libya" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya">LIBYA</span></a>.<sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></b><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[8]</a></sup></li> <li>A complaint about the excessive bureaucracy involved in getting some clothes dry-cleaned was met with a complaint about the difficulty in getting a UK visa for Russian citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[9]</a></sup></li> <li>In a rare reversal, Russia was accused of hypocrisy after highlighting the war crimes committed by Australian military personnel in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[10]</a></sup></li> <li>When the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" class="extiw" title="wp:International Olympic Committee" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> (IOC) suspended Russia's membership of its sub-committee in 2023 amidst the country's invasion of Ukraine the year prior, forcing athletes previously competing under the "Russian Olympic Committee" flag (after the country was previously sanctioned for its systematic doping programme) to represent themselves individually as neutral athletes under a specially designated banner, Russia saw a quick opportunity to accuse the IOC of <a href="/wiki/Double_standards" class="mw-redirect" title="Double standards">double standards</a> as they gave <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> a free pass despite them carrying out an invasion of <a href="/wiki/Gaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza">Gaza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[11]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[12]</a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Another similar term, whataboutery, was coined during <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a> to describe deflection of criticisms of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army" title="Irish Republican Army">Provisional IRA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[13]</a></sup></li> <li>During the 1970s, American political satirist Art Buchwald coined the phrase "What about Chappaquiddick?", in reference to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>'s supporters deflecting the Watergate scandal by bringing up Democratic scandals, namely the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident" class="extiw" title="wp:Chappaquiddick incident" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Chappaquiddick incident">Chappaquiddick incident.</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[14]</a></sup></li> <li>In the current era, a rather common use of whataboutism is seen from defenders of Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[15]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[17]</a></sup> No matter what Israel does to inspire global protests and objections — such as the 2014 "Operation Protective Edge" that killed over 2,000 Palestinians in Gaza, a quarter of them children<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a></sup> — many Israel-defenders try to change the conversation by asking "What about [fill in the blank with Iran, Ukraine, etc.]", in order to suggest that Israel's critics single out the country for criticism and do not care about any other atrocities in the world, a claim no more rational than suggesting people who work in animal shelters hate the homeless. Some even admit to the whataboutism, but think it is nevertheless at least partially justified: "It is whataboutery, yes, but a legitimate piece of whataboutery I believe."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a></sup></li> <li>In response to criticism of China's human rights record at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, Chinese diplomat Fu Cong told the Council, “The US is notorious for prison abuse at Guantanamo prison, its gun violence is rampant, racism is its deep-rooted malaise. The United States conducts large-scale extra-territorial eavesdropping, uses drones to attack other countries’ innocent civilians, its troops on foreign soil commit rape and murder of local people. It conducts kidnapping overseas and uses black prisons."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[20]</a></sup></li> <li>Cuba will often criticize various (admittedly bad) United States domestic policies to direct attention away from its own domestic policy failures. One example comes in the form of a reprimanding of American treatment of Puerto Rico, an island with over a century of American control under its belt.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet" title="Augusto Pinochet">Augusto Pinochet</a>'s secret police DINA took several photos of British prisons in Northern Ireland during <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>, in order to deflect from British criticisms of the Pinochet regime's human rights abuses at the United Nations.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a></sup></li> <li>Whenever criticism of Islam comes up, its apologists typically tend to do the following.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[note 3]</a></sup> <dl><dd>1. <a href="/wiki/Non_sequitur" title="Non sequitur">Randomly invoke US foreign policy</a> (the textbook definition of whataboutism).</dd> <dd>2. Appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a> as if they were recent events (while <a href="/wiki/Handwave" title="Handwave">handwaving</a> <i>contemporary</i> <a href="/wiki/Jihad" title="Jihad">Islamist terrorism</a>).</dd> <dd>3. Recite (admittedly horrible) quotes from the Old Testament, <a href="/wiki/Jonanism" title="Jonanism">even when their opponent is neither Jewish nor Christian</a>, nor has even invoked the Bible to begin with and despite the fact that many Muslims actually tend to believe in the Old Testament too.</dd> <dd>4. (Specifically when discussing Islamic antisemitism) Ask why the Jewish person asking isn't concerned about white Christian antisemitism, even if the Jewish person is.</dd></dl></li> <li>At home in the rationalism community, the "Dear Muslima" or "<a href="/wiki/Elevatorgate" title="Elevatorgate">Elevatorgate</a>" kerfuffle was an incident where <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a> used whataboutery to dismiss a woman's conference-creep experiences, implying that her complaint wasn't justified because Muslim women suffer more than her.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>: "What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt?"<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[23]</a></sup> <ul><li>While we're at it, basically anytime somebody invokes <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in a topic about Trump.</li> <li>Or bringing up China and <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Biden" title="Hunter Biden">Hunter Biden</a> whenever someone points at <a href="/wiki/Trump-Russia_connection" title="Trump-Russia connection">Trump's Russian connections</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>On the rare event in presidential debates when US imperialism is criticized, the politicians bring up <a href="/wiki/9/11" title="9/11">9/11</a> for no reason except to derail the discussion and have the mindless audience cheer.<sup>[<a href="/wiki/Help:References" title="Help:References"><i>citation needed</i></a>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">Feminism</a> isn't needed in the first world because The <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>.</li> <li>On the same note, MRAs will oftentimes derail conversations on women's issues by screaming "what about men's issues?" when it's not relevant.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a> has an occasional bad habit here, despite being the source of one of the most famous quotes regarding the issue — see his comments on the atrocities in Cambodia and Charlie Hebdo attacks in particular.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">Neo-Nazi</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Front" class="extiw" title="wp:American Front" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: American Front">American Front</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> leader Bob Heick responding to Geraldo Rivera's evocation of the Holocaust <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNTq6w6xQ4">by literally shouting "What about Josef Stalin?!"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Coulter" title="Ann Coulter">Ann Coulter</a> defended <a href="/wiki/Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a>’s alleged molesting of teenage girls by accusing <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> of doing the same.</li> <li>Defenders/enablers of the <a href="/wiki/2021_U.S._Capitol_riot" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 U.S. Capitol riot">2021 U.S. Capitol riot</a> often deflect criticism by pointing to real or perceived (but mostly the latter) riots by <a href="/wiki/Antifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Antifa">Antifa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter" title="Black Lives Matter">Black Lives Matter</a> in an attempt to justify the riot without actually addressing the Capitol riot itself. This is also factually inaccurate, since almost all of at least the BLM protests were peaceful and the rioters generally did not associate themselves with the protestors. As for Antifa, the right has been known to overdramatize and overexaggerate the violence, which is usually just confined to things like setting wastebins on fire.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[24]</a></sup> Additionally, neither of them have tried to take down a democratically elected government.<sup>[<i>citation NOT needed</i>]</sup></li> <li>The USA's admittedly horrid for-profit prison system is often used by tankies and anti-American nationalists to justify their own mass incarcerations and abuses. For instance, "<a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> is just doing standard counter-terrorism by incarcerating a few million <a href="/wiki/Uighur_genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="Uighur genocide">Uighurs</a>! If you have a problem with the usage of imprisonment, why don't you do something about the 3 million people in the <i><b>AmeriKKKan</b></i> prison system!"<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[25]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[26]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Kelly" class="extiw" title="wp:Robert E. Kelly" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Robert E. Kelly">Robert E. Kelly</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_Myers" title="Brian Reynolds Myers">Brian Reynolds Myers</a> attract North Korean war crimes issues that are not directly related to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> to criticize South Koreans' anti-Japanese sentiment caused by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes" class="extiw" title="wp:Japanese war crimes" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Japanese war crimes">Japanese war crimes</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Historical_revisionism#Denialists" title="Historical revisionism">Japanese historical revisionism</a> during World War II. They argue that South Korea should abandon its anti-Japanese sentiment and be close to Japan, and instead show anti-North Korean hostility.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[27]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[28]</a></sup> Similarly, when South Korean liberals make legitimate anger-based accusations of Japanese ultra-nationalist historical revisionism, <a href="/wiki/Shin_Ki-wook" title="Shin Ki-wook">Shin Ki-wook</a> attacks South Korean liberals' anti-Japanese "Korean ethnic nationalism".</li> <li>In the wake of the racist mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo NY, connections were drawn between the shooter's belief in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Replacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Replacement">Great Replacement</a> theory which was echoed by <a href="/wiki/Tucker_Carlson" title="Tucker Carlson">Tucker Carlson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Greenwald" title="Glenn Greenwald">Glenn Greenwald</a> and Tucker's defenders online brought up the shooting at a congressional baseball game by a <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> supporter and <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Maddow" title="Rachel Maddow">Rachel Maddow</a> watcher.</li> <li>America shouldn't have to do anything about climate change because China.<sup id="cite_ref-Monbiot_2015_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monbiot_2015-32">[29]</a></sup></li> <li>China shouldn't have to do anything about climate change because America.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[30]</a></sup></li> <li>Some defenders of <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was accused of exploiting laborers to death, bribery, and concerns for LGBT rights, have constantly invoked it was hypocritical that the U.S. was granted the 2026 tournament despite global and domestic human rights violations without being criticized for getting the hosting gig, or that Germany was still given the 2006 edition despite allegation of bribery.</li> <li>During a 60 Minutes interview about sportswashing in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi minister of sports invoked mass shootings in the U.S. as a concern for the 2026 World Cup and that the country was granted hosting of the event despite them as a response when he was asked about human rights concerns in the kingdom that has been using sports for economic gain and whitewashing its global image, including getting granted the 2034 World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[31]</a></sup></li> <li>When Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, was considering arrest warrants on <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> for <a href="/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" title="Crimes against humanity">crimes against humanity</a> against <a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestine</a>, Republican politicians like <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cotton" title="Tom Cotton">Tom Cotton</a> jointly threatened Khan with sanctions and randomly brought up <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>/<a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>/<a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> to deflect from <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>'s own crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[32]</a></sup> Ironically, their whining <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_theory" title="Horseshoe theory">parallels</a> that of <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> after he placed Khan on a sanctions list over an arrest warrant for war crimes in <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Criticisms">Criticisms</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Whataboutism&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Criticisms">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Several commentators have also noted that whataboutism accusations themselves can be used as a method of deflection in debates.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[33]</a></sup> Professor of journalism Christian Christensen argued that whataboutism accusations can enable double standards by dismissing criticisms of one's own behavior by focusing on those of others, while whataboutism itself can be useful in pointing out double standards and contradictions present in society.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[34]</a></sup> Christensen cited the example of Noam Chomsky being accused of whataboutism when Chomsky pointed out the double standards in Western leaders' condemnation of the <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo" title="Charlie Hebdo">Charlie Hebdo</a> attacks by Islamic extremists, and their eulogies for <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>'s King Abdullah, in spite of their shared views in Islamic fundamentalism and disregard for human rights. In such cases, state violence and human rights violations by "them", i.e. opponents of the Western world, are often framed as innate and systemic, while similar violence by "us" i.e. the Western world and its allies, are framed as necessary evils to defend the democratic system. </p><p>The general rule of thumb is that it's OK to point out hypocrisy if there actually are double standards being applied rather than just a diversion tactic, though the demarcation is not well defined. For instance, if Alice steals a lawnmower from Bob, and Bob takes Alice to court, Alice would not be in the right for pointing out that Charlie stole Denise's car without repercussion, because stealing a lawnmower is still a crime even if a lesser crime than car theft, nor is the law being applied unfairly when it comes to Alice. But if Bob had stolen Alice's snow-blower a few months prior without any repercussions, Alice would indeed have a legitimate grievance as the law is clearly only being applied in one direction. The question arises whether that grievance remains legitimate if it was Charlie instead of Bob who stole the snow-blower from Alice; one crime is being pursued over another to Alice's disfavor, but Bob is not being treated unfairly by the law in this case. </p><p>So let's say Russia placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, to which the US responds rather aggressively, it could indeed be a legitimate complaint to say "what about your missiles pointed at the USSR in Turkey?", as it's virtually the same scenario with the parties reversed. It would become less legitimate of a grievance if the defense was "what about China pointing missiles at the USSR?" as it's a similar scenario but doesn't involve one of the parties, a much less legitimate argument if it's "what about India's missiles pointed at Pakistan" as they are both separate parties, and completely illegitimate if it's "what about racism in Brazil" as it's both a completely different scenario with no connection to either original party. </p><p>In summation, the same problem can exist in multiple cultures or organizations at the same time to varying degrees, so drawing attention to a problem in one culture or organization to deflect attention from the same problem or a similar problem in another culture or organization is little more than a dirty debating trick. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Whataboutism&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_herring" title="Red herring">Red herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalin_apologetics" title="Stalin apologetics">Stalin apologetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_carpet_fallacy" title="Flying carpet fallacy">Flying carpet fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Not_as_bad_as" title="Not as bad as">Not as bad as</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Whataboutism&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes" class="extiw" title="wp:And you are lynching Negroes" rel="nofollow">And you are lynching Negroes</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/node/10598774">The Economist article that popularized the term</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180801170539/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/08/theres-no-such-thing-as-whataboutism.html">Article criticizing overuse of the term</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Whataboutism&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">In reference to organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This joke first began in the 1920s and carried on to the 1960s; after that, the US <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a> started to make the argument seem less and less relevant.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">A distinction between criticizing Islam and <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a> must be made, however. For instance, Islamophobia would be <a href="/wiki/Cherry_picking" title="Cherry picking">picking a few violent verses from the Quran</a> and then concluding that Islam and its followers are evil. Criticism would be how violent and cruel the Quran is and how it conflicts with modern society's morals.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Whataboutism&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/1031565426524872704">https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/1031565426524872704</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West</i> by Edward Lucas (2009) Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780747596363.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes" class="extiw" title="wp:And you are lynching Negroes" rel="nofollow">And you are lynching Negroes</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">whataboutery, noun. <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">whataboutism, noun. <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2017/03/17/520435073/trump-embraces-one-of-russias-favorite-propaganda-tactics-whataboutism">Trump Embraces One Of Russia's Favorite Propaganda Tactics — Whataboutism</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">It is in fact the first usage of the term "Whataboutism", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/node/10598774">used by the <i>Economist</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://theweek.com/article/index/257342/no-the-iraq-war-does-not-give-putin-the-right-to-invade-ukraine">http://theweek.com/article/index/257342/no-the-iraq-war-does-not-give-putin-the-right-to-invade-ukraine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/26/russia-abuses-bureaucracy-putin-drycleaning">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/26/russia-abuses-bureaucracy-putin-drycleaning</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-30/russia-condemns-afghanistan-war-crimes/12933224">Russia accused of 'hypocrisy' after attacking Australia over Afghanistan war crimes report</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Stynes, Trevor (6 November 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/cas-registers-russian-appeal-against-olympic-membership-suspension-2023-11-06/">"CAS registers Russian appeal against Olympic membership suspension"</a>. In Radnedge, Christian.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=CAS+registers+Russian+appeal+against+Olympic+membership+suspension&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Stynes&rft.aufirst=Trevor&rft.au=Stynes%2C%26%2332%3BTrevor&rft.date=6+November+2023&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fsports%2Fcas-registers-russian-appeal-against-olympic-membership-suspension-2023-11-06%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Mann, Brian (8 November 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211483883/olympics-russia-israel-gaza-sanctions-ioc">"Russia says International Olympic Committee is giving Israel a pass on Gaza"</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Russia+says+International+Olympic+Committee+is+giving+Israel+a+pass+on+Gaza&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Mann%2C+Brian&rft.au=Mann%2C+Brian&rft.date=8+November+2023&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2023%2F11%2F08%2F1211483883%2Folympics-russia-israel-gaza-sanctions-ioc&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/09/13/whataboutery-whataboutism/">https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/09/13/whataboutery-whataboutism/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/syndicated-columnists/article187662578.html">Oh yeah? Well, what about Chappaquiddick?</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/23605/why-have-the-pakistani-liberals-forsaken-gaza/">http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/23605/why-have-the-pakistani-liberals-forsaken-gaza/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/israel-gaza_b_5591954.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/israel-gaza_b_5591954.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PHsOCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=Israel+whataboutery&source=bl&ots=nrKHkSfVV9&sig=xYCirzr6mKTwY0n28bSaYUDYdZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim1cTI2afKAhVCQyYKHRC6DS84ChDoAQgnMAI#v=onepage&q=Israel%20whataboutery&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=PHsOCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=Israel+whataboutery&source=bl&ots=nrKHkSfVV9&sig=xYCirzr6mKTwY0n28bSaYUDYdZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim1cTI2afKAhVCQyYKHRC6DS84ChDoAQgnMAI#v=onepage&q=Israel%20whataboutery&f=false</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/feb/13/ap-exclusive-high-civilian-death-toll-in-gaza/">http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/feb/13/ap-exclusive-high-civilian-death-toll-in-gaza/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100282957/the-one-piece-of-whataboutery-that-israel-bashers-have-no-answer-to/">http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100282957/the-one-piece-of-whataboutery-that-israel-bashers-have-no-answer-to/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/10/china-attacks-us-hypocrisy-un-human-rights-council">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/10/china-attacks-us-hypocrisy-un-human-rights-council</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://en.granma.cu/mundo/2016-06-21/cuba-calls-for-an-end-to-the-colonial-status-of-puerto-rico-at-the-united-nations">http://en.granma.cu/mundo/2016-06-21/cuba-calls-for-an-end-to-the-colonial-status-of-puerto-rico-at-the-united-nations</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/ch02-08.htm">Activities of Virgilio Paz in Northern Ireland during 1975</a>, National Security Archive</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Schwartz, Ian. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/08/15/trump_to_fake_news_what_about_the_alt-left_that_came_charging_at_the_alt-right_do_they_have_any_guilt.html">Trump to "Fake News": What About The Alt-Left That Came Charging At The Alt-Right? Do They Have Any Guilt?</a> RealClearPolitics. August 15, 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/">"Demonstrations & Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020"</a>. September 3, 2020.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Demonstrations+%26+Political+Violence+in+America%3A+New+Data+for+Summer+2020&rft.atitle=&rft.date=September+3%2C+2020&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Facleddata.com%2F2020%2F09%2F03%2Fdemonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uyghurtimes.com/posts/1a562170-5fe7-44fc-ac19-1d13e26d47de/The-View's-Sunny-Hostin-Under-Fire-for-Equating-US-and-China's-Moral-Standards-in-Controversial-Statement">"The View's Sunny Hostin Under Fire for Equating US and China's Moral Standards in Controversial Statement"</a>. 2023-04-03.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=The+View%27s+Sunny+Hostin+Under+Fire+for+Equating+US+and+China%27s+Moral+Standards+in+Controversial+Statement&rft.atitle=&rft.date=2023-04-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fuyghurtimes.com%2Fposts%2F1a562170-5fe7-44fc-ac19-1d13e26d47de%2FThe-View%27s-Sunny-Hostin-Under-Fire-for-Equating-US-and-China%27s-Moral-Standards-in-Controversial-Statement&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Kruta, Virginia (2023-03-28). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sunny-hostin-blows-off-chinas-concentration-camps-says-its-worse-that-america-puts-black-people-in-jail">"Sunny Hostin Blows Off China’s Concentration Camps, Says It’s Worse That America Puts Black People In Jail"</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Sunny+Hostin+Blows+Off+China%E2%80%99s+Concentration+Camps%2C+Says+It%E2%80%99s+Worse+That+America+Puts+Black+People+In+Jail&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Kruta&rft.aufirst=Virginia&rft.au=Kruta%2C%26%2332%3BVirginia&rft.date=2023-03-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fsunny-hostin-blows-off-chinas-concentration-camps-says-its-worse-that-america-puts-black-people-in-jail&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kelly, Robert E. (4 June 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2015/06/04/why_south_korea_is_so_obsessed_with_japan_108014.html">"Why South Korea is So Obsessed with Japan"</a>. Real Clear Defense.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_Myers#Japanese_war_crimes_issues" title="Brian Reynolds Myers">Brian Reynolds Myers#Japanese war crimes issues</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Monbiot_2015-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Monbiot_2015_32-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Monbiot, George (2015-06-12). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2015/jun/12/china-excuse-inaction-on-climate-change">"Stop using China as an excuse for inaction on climate change"</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Stop+using+China+as+an+excuse+for+inaction+on+climate+change&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Monbiot&rft.aufirst=George&rft.au=Monbiot%2C%26%2332%3BGeorge&rft.date=2015-06-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2Fgeorgemonbiot%2F2015%2Fjun%2F12%2Fchina-excuse-inaction-on-climate-change&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Brown, Matthew; Press, Associated (2021-11-02). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/china-envoy-defends-emissions-at-climate-summit-criticizes-u-s-under-trump">"China envoy defends emissions at climate summit, criticizes U.S. under Trump"</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=China+envoy+defends+emissions+at+climate+summit%2C+criticizes+U.S.+under+Trump&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft.au=Brown%2C%26%2332%3BMatthew&rft.au=Press%2C%26%2332%3BAssociated&rft.date=2021-11-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fworld%2Fchina-envoy-defends-emissions-at-climate-summit-criticizes-u-s-under-trump&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iJDvyB1DLM">Saudi Arabia becomes unlikely sports hub amid sportswashing accusations | 60 Minutes </a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-you-have-been-warned-republican">EXCLUSIVE: “You Have Been Warned”: Republican Senators Threaten the ICC Prosecutor over Possible Israel Arrest Warrants</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Rhode, Jason (August 1, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/08/theres-no-such-thing-as-whataboutism.html">"There's No Such Thing As "Whataboutism""</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=There%27s+No+Such+Thing+As+%22Whataboutism%22&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Rhode&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft.au=Rhode%2C%26%2332%3BJason&rft.date=August+1%2C+2018&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pastemagazine.com%2Farticles%2F2018%2F08%2Ftheres-no-such-thing-as-whataboutism.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Christensen, Christian (January 26, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/1/whataboutism-charlie-hebdo-king-abdullah.html">"We need ‘whataboutism’ now more than ever"</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=We+need+%E2%80%98whataboutism%E2%80%99+now+more+than+ever&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Christensen&rft.aufirst=Christian&rft.au=Christensen%2C%26%2332%3BChristian&rft.date=January+26%2C+2015&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Famerica.aljazeera.com%2Fopinions%2F2015%2F1%2Fwhataboutism-charlie-hebdo-king-abdullah.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Whataboutism"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div role="navigation" aria-labelledby="logical_fallacies-navbox" style="clear:both;"> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed autocollapse innercollapse outercollapse navbox nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#009761; color:white; text-align:center;"><div style="float:left;" class="navbar"><div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Logfal" 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title="Appeal to tradition">Appeal to tradition</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_novelty" title="Appeal to novelty">Appeal to novelty</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_nature" title="Appeal to nature">Appeal to nature</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_morality" title="Argument from morality">Argument from morality</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_martyrdom" title="Argumentum ad martyrdom">Argumentum ad martyrdom</a> • <a href="/wiki/Big_words" title="Big words">Big words</a> • <a href="/wiki/Certum_est_quia_impossibile_est" title="Certum est quia impossibile est">Certum est quia impossibile est</a> • <a href="/wiki/Morton%27s_fork" title="Morton's fork">Morton's fork</a> • <a href="/wiki/Friend_argument" title="Friend argument">Friend argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule" title="Exception that proves the rule">Exception that proves the rule</a> • <a href="/wiki/Extended_analogy" title="Extended analogy">Extended analogy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hindsight_bias" title="Hindsight bias">Hindsight bias</a> • <a href="/wiki/Race_card" title="Race card">Race card</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moralistic_fallacy" title="Moralistic fallacy">Moralistic fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Release_the_data" title="Release the data">Release the data</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gish_Gallop" title="Gish Gallop">Gish Gallop</a> • <a href="/wiki/Terrorism-baiting" title="Terrorism-baiting">Terrorism-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Uncertainty_tactic" title="Uncertainty tactic">Uncertainty tactic</a> • <a href="/wiki/Greece-baiting" title="Greece-baiting">Greece-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ham_Hightail" title="Ham Hightail">Ham Hightail</a> • <a href="/wiki/Red-baiting" title="Red-baiting">Red-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gore%27s_Law" title="Gore's Law">Gore's Law</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nazi_analogies" title="Nazi analogies">Nazi analogies</a> • <a href="/wiki/Mistaking_the_map_for_the_territory" title="Mistaking the map for the territory">Mistaking the map for the territory</a> • <a href="/wiki/Red_herring" title="Red herring">Red herring</a> • <a href="/wiki/Quidquid_latine_dictum_sit,_altum_videtur" title="Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur">Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur</a> • <a href="/wiki/Presentism" title="Presentism">Presentism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Sunk_cost" title="Sunk cost">Sunk cost</a> • <a href="/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right" title="Two wrongs make a right">Two wrongs make a right</a> • <a href="/wiki/Flying_carpet_fallacy" title="Flying carpet fallacy">Flying carpet fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/My_enemy%27s_enemy" title="My enemy's enemy">My enemy's enemy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_ancient_wisdom" title="Appeal to ancient wisdom">Appeal to ancient wisdom</a> • <a href="/wiki/Danth%27s_Law" title="Danth's Law">Danth's Law</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_lunam" title="Argumentum ad lunam">Argumentum ad lunam</a> • <a href="/wiki/Balance_fallacy" title="Balance fallacy">Balance fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Golden_hammer" title="Golden hammer">Golden hammer</a> • <a href="/wiki/Loaded_question" title="Loaded question">Loaded question</a> • <a href="/wiki/Escape_to_the_future" title="Escape to the future">Escape to the future</a> • <a href="/wiki/Word_magic" title="Word magic">Word magic</a> • <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_fallacy" title="Spider-Man fallacy">Spider-Man fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Sanctioning_the_devil" title="Sanctioning the devil">Sanctioning the devil</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_mystery" title="Appeal to mystery">Appeal to mystery</a> • <a href="/wiki/Informal_fallacy" title="Informal fallacy">Informal fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Common_sense" title="Common sense">Common sense</a> • <a href="/wiki/Post-designation" title="Post-designation">Post-designation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hyperbole" title="Hyperbole">Hyperbole</a> • <a href="/wiki/Relativist_fallacy" title="Relativist fallacy">Relativist fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Due_diligence" title="Due diligence">Due diligence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Straw_man" title="Straw man">Straw man</a> • <a href="/wiki/Good_old_days" title="Good old days">Good old days</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_probability" title="Appeal to probability">Appeal to probability</a> • <a href="/wiki/Infinite_regress" title="Infinite regress">Infinite regress</a> • <a href="/wiki/Circular_reasoning" title="Circular reasoning">Circular reasoning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Media_was_wrong_before" title="Media was wrong before">Media was wrong before</a> • <a href="/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem" title="Is–ought problem">Is–ought problem</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ad_iram" title="Ad iram">Ad iram</a> • <a href="/wiki/Just_asking_questions" title="Just asking questions">Just asking questions</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pink-baiting" title="Pink-baiting">Pink-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_faith" title="Appeal to faith">Appeal to faith</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_fear" title="Appeal to fear">Appeal to fear</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_bias" title="Appeal to bias">Appeal to bias</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_confidence" title="Appeal to confidence">Appeal to confidence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_consequences" title="Appeal to consequences">Appeal to consequences</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion" title="Appeal to emotion">Appeal to emotion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_flattery" title="Appeal to flattery">Appeal to flattery</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_gravity" title="Appeal to gravity">Appeal to gravity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_hate" title="Appeal to hate">Appeal to hate</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_omniscience" title="Argument from omniscience">Argument from omniscience</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_silence" title="Argument from silence">Argument from silence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_baculum" title="Argumentum ad baculum">Argumentum ad baculum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_fastidium" title="Argumentum ad fastidium">Argumentum ad fastidium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Association_fallacy" title="Association fallacy">Association fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Broken_window_fallacy" title="Broken window fallacy">Broken window fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Category_mistake" title="Category mistake">Category mistake</a> • <a href="/wiki/Confounding_factor" title="Confounding factor">Confounding factor</a> • <a href="/wiki/Counterfactual_fallacy" title="Counterfactual fallacy">Counterfactual fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Courtier%27s_Reply" title="Courtier's Reply">Courtier's Reply</a> • <a href="/wiki/Damning_with_faint_praise" title="Damning with faint praise">Damning with faint praise</a> • <a href="/wiki/Definitional_fallacies" title="Definitional fallacies">Definitional fallacies</a> • <a href="/wiki/Equivocation" title="Equivocation">Equivocation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_accent" title="Fallacy of accent">Fallacy of accent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_accident" title="Fallacy of accident">Fallacy of accident</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_amphiboly" title="Fallacy of amphiboly">Fallacy of amphiboly</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy" title="Gambler's fallacy">Gambler's fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Imprecision_fallacy" title="Imprecision fallacy">Imprecision fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts" title="Moving the goalposts">Moving the goalposts</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy" title="Nirvana fallacy">Nirvana fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Overprecision" title="Overprecision">Overprecision</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pathos_gambit" title="Pathos gambit">Pathos gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pragmatic_fallacy" title="Pragmatic fallacy">Pragmatic fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Quote_mining" title="Quote mining">Quote mining</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_sarcina_inserta" title="Argumentum ad sarcina inserta">Argumentum ad sarcina inserta</a> • <a href="/wiki/Science_doesn%27t_know_everything" title="Science doesn't know everything">Science doesn't know everything</a> • <a href="/wiki/Slothful_induction" title="Slothful induction">Slothful induction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Spotlight_fallacy" title="Spotlight fallacy">Spotlight fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Style_over_substance" title="Style over substance">Style over substance</a> • <a href="/wiki/Toupee_fallacy" title="Toupee fallacy">Toupee fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Genuine_but_insignificant_cause" title="Genuine but insignificant cause">Genuine but insignificant cause</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_incredulity" title="Argument from incredulity">Argument from incredulity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_age" title="Appeal to age">Appeal to age</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_nauseam" title="Argumentum ad nauseam">Argumentum ad nauseam</a> • <a href="/wiki/Phantom_distinction" title="Phantom distinction">Phantom distinction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_common_sense" title="Appeal to common sense">Appeal to common sense</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_hysteria" title="Argumentum ad hysteria">Argumentum ad hysteria</a> • <a href="/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox" title="Omnipotence paradox">Omnipotence paradox</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_etymology" title="Argument from etymology">Argument from etymology</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_trauma" title="Appeal to trauma">Appeal to trauma</a> • <a href="/wiki/Countless_counterfeits_fallacy" title="Countless counterfeits fallacy">Countless counterfeits fallacy</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Ad_hoc" title="Category:Ad hoc"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Ad hoc:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/No_True_Scotsman" title="No True Scotsman">No True Scotsman</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts" title="Moving the goalposts">Moving the goalposts</a> • <a href="/wiki/Escape_hatch" title="Escape hatch">Escape hatch</a> • <a href="/wiki/Handwave" title="Handwave">Handwave</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special_pleading" title="Special pleading">Special pleading</a> • <a href="/wiki/Slothful_induction" title="Slothful induction">Slothful induction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy" title="Nirvana fallacy">Nirvana fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/God_of_the_gaps" title="God of the gaps">God of the gaps</a> • <a href="/wiki/PIDOOMA" title="PIDOOMA">PIDOOMA</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ad_hoc" title="Ad hoc">Ad hoc</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tone_argument" title="Tone argument">Tone argument</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Arguments_from_ignorance" title="Category:Arguments from ignorance"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Arguments from ignorance:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Science_doesn%27t_know_everything" title="Science doesn't know everything">Science doesn't know everything</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_incredulity" title="Argument from incredulity">Argument from incredulity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_silence" title="Argument from silence">Argument from silence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Toupee_fallacy" title="Toupee fallacy">Toupee fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_censorship" title="Appeal to censorship">Appeal to censorship</a> • <a href="/wiki/Science_was_wrong_before" title="Science was wrong before">Science was wrong before</a> • <a href="/wiki/Holmesian_fallacy" title="Holmesian fallacy">Holmesian fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_omniscience" title="Argument from omniscience">Argument from omniscience</a> • <a href="/wiki/Willful_ignorance" title="Willful ignorance">Willful ignorance</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance" title="Argument from ignorance">Argument from ignorance</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Causation_fallacies" title="Category:Causation fallacies"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Causation fallacies:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Post_hoc,_ergo_propter_hoc" title="Post hoc, ergo propter hoc">Post hoc, ergo propter hoc</a> • <a href="/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation" title="Correlation does not imply causation">Correlation does not imply causation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wrong_direction" title="Wrong direction">Wrong direction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Counterfactual_fallacy" title="Counterfactual fallacy">Counterfactual fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Regression_fallacy" title="Regression fallacy">Regression fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy" title="Gambler's fallacy">Gambler's fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent" title="Denying the antecedent">Denying the antecedent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Genuine_but_insignificant_cause" title="Genuine but insignificant cause">Genuine but insignificant cause</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Circular_reasoning" title="Category:Circular reasoning"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Circular reasoning:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Infinite_regress" title="Infinite regress">Infinite regress</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_by_assertion" title="Argument by assertion">Argument by assertion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_dictionarium" title="Argumentum ad dictionarium">Argumentum ad dictionarium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_faith" title="Appeal to faith">Appeal to faith</a> • <a href="/wiki/Circular_reasoning" title="Circular reasoning">Circular reasoning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Self-refuting_idea" title="Self-refuting idea">Self-refuting idea</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Emotional_appeals" title="Category:Emotional appeals"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Emotional appeals:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_fear" title="Appeal to fear">Appeal to fear</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion" title="Appeal to emotion">Appeal to emotion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_confidence" title="Appeal to confidence">Appeal to confidence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Deepity" title="Deepity">Deepity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_baculum" title="Argumentum ad baculum">Argumentum ad baculum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_shame" title="Appeal to shame">Appeal to shame</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_flattery" title="Appeal to flattery">Appeal to flattery</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tone_argument" title="Tone argument">Tone argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_money" title="Appeal to money">Appeal to money</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_fastidium" title="Argumentum ad fastidium">Argumentum ad fastidium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_gravity" title="Appeal to gravity">Appeal to gravity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_consequences" title="Appeal to consequences">Appeal to consequences</a> • <a href="/wiki/Loaded_language" title="Loaded language">Loaded language</a> • <a href="/wiki/Style_over_substance" title="Style over substance">Style over substance</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_pity" title="Appeal to pity">Appeal to pity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_hate" title="Appeal to hate">Appeal to hate</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pathos_gambit" title="Pathos gambit">Pathos gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Shaming" title="Shaming">Shaming</a> • <a href="/wiki/Degenerate" title="Degenerate">Degenerate</a> • <a href="/wiki/Abomination" title="Abomination">Abomination</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Fallacies_of_ambiguity" title="Category:Fallacies of ambiguity"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Fallacies of ambiguity:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_accent" title="Fallacy of accent">Fallacy of accent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Equivocation" title="Equivocation">Equivocation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_amphiboly" title="Fallacy of amphiboly">Fallacy of amphiboly</a> • <a href="/wiki/Quote_mining" title="Quote mining">Quote mining</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_ambiguity" title="Fallacy of ambiguity">Fallacy of ambiguity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moral_equivalence" title="Moral equivalence">Moral equivalence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Scope_fallacy" title="Scope fallacy">Scope fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Suppressed_correlative" title="Suppressed correlative">Suppressed correlative</a> • <a href="/wiki/Not_as_bad_as" title="Not as bad as">Not as bad as</a> • <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">Etymology</a> • <a href="/wiki/Continuum_fallacy" title="Continuum fallacy">Continuum fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wronger_than_wrong" title="Wronger than wrong">Wronger than wrong</a> • <a href="/wiki/Definitional_fallacies" title="Definitional fallacies">Definitional fallacies</a> • <a href="/wiki/Code_word" title="Code word">Code word</a> • <a href="/wiki/Phantom_distinction" title="Phantom distinction">Phantom distinction</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#009761; width:25%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Formal_fallacies" title="Category:Formal fallacies"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Formal fallacies:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Confusion_of_the_inverse" title="Confusion of the inverse">Confusion of the inverse</a> • <a href="/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent" title="Denying the antecedent">Denying the antecedent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Non_sequitur" title="Non sequitur">Non sequitur</a> • <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_conclusion_from_a_negative_premise" title="Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise">Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise</a> • <a href="/wiki/Not_even_wrong" title="Not even wrong">Not even wrong</a> • <a href="/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense" title="Chewbacca Defense">Chewbacca Defense</a> • <a href="/wiki/Affirming_a_disjunct" title="Affirming a disjunct">Affirming a disjunct</a> • <a href="/wiki/Illicit_process" title="Illicit process">Illicit process</a> • <a href="/wiki/Four-term_fallacy" title="Four-term fallacy">Four-term fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Negative_conclusion_from_affirmative_premises" title="Negative conclusion from affirmative premises">Negative conclusion from affirmative premises</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_fallacy" title="Fallacy fallacy">Fallacy fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Substituting_explanation_for_premise" title="Substituting explanation for premise">Substituting explanation for premise</a> • <a href="/wiki/Enthymeme" title="Enthymeme">Enthymeme</a> • <a href="/wiki/Syllogism" title="Syllogism">Syllogism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Formal_fallacy" title="Formal fallacy">Formal fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Existential_assumption" title="Existential assumption">Existential assumption</a> • <a href="/wiki/Masked_man_fallacy" title="Masked man fallacy">Masked man fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Self-refuting_idea" title="Self-refuting idea">Self-refuting idea</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_by_gibberish" title="Argument by gibberish">Argument by gibberish</a> • <a href="/wiki/One_single_proof" title="One single proof">One single proof</a> • <a href="/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent" title="Affirming the consequent">Affirming the consequent</a> • <a href="/wiki/False_dilemma" title="False dilemma">False dilemma</a> • <a href="/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy" title="Conjunction fallacy">Conjunction fallacy</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#009761; width:25%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Fallacious_arguments" title="Category:Fallacious arguments"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Fallacious arguments:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Bumblebee_argument" title="Bumblebee argument">Bumblebee argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fatwa_envy" title="Fatwa envy">Fatwa envy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gotcha_argument" title="Gotcha argument">Gotcha argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hoyle%27s_fallacy" title="Hoyle's fallacy">Hoyle's fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Intuition_pump" title="Intuition pump">Intuition pump</a> • <a href="/wiki/Logic_and_Creation" title="Logic and Creation">Logic and Creation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Not_Circular_Reasoning" title="Not Circular Reasoning">Not Circular Reasoning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Peanut_butter_argument" title="Peanut butter argument">Peanut butter argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Great_Beethoven_fallacy" title="Great Beethoven fallacy">Great Beethoven fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_unique_founding_conditions" title="Fallacy of unique founding conditions">Fallacy of unique founding conditions</a> • <a href="/wiki/Evil_is_the_absence_of_God" title="Evil is the absence of God">Evil is the absence of God</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_first_cause" title="Argument from first cause">Argument from first cause</a> • <a href="/wiki/How_do_you_know%3F_Were_you_there%3F" title="How do you know? Were you there?">How do you know? Were you there?</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_design" title="Argument from design">Argument from design</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_beauty" title="Argument from beauty">Argument from beauty</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_nature" title="Appeal to nature">Appeal to nature</a> • <a href="/wiki/Solferino_fallacy" title="Solferino fallacy">Solferino fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Religious_scientists" title="Religious scientists">Religious scientists</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nothing_to_hide" title="Nothing to hide">Nothing to hide</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_fine_tuning" title="Argument from fine tuning">Argument from fine tuning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Creep_shaming" title="Creep shaming">Creep shaming</a> • <a href="/wiki/%22I_used_to_be_an_atheist%22" title=""I used to be an atheist"">"I used to be an atheist"</a> • <a href="/wiki/Atheism_as_a_religion" title="Atheism as a religion">Atheism as a religion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum" title="Argumentum ad populum">Argumentum ad populum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_morality" title="Argument from morality">Argument from morality</a> • <a href="/wiki/Anti-environmentalism" title="Anti-environmentalism">Anti-environmentalism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_bias" title="Appeal to bias">Appeal to bias</a> • <a href="/wiki/Apophasis" title="Apophasis">Apophasis</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_nauseam" title="Argumentum ad nauseam">Argumentum ad nauseam</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_censorship" title="Appeal to censorship">Appeal to censorship</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_sarcina_inserta" title="Argumentum ad sarcina inserta">Argumentum ad sarcina inserta</a> • <a href="/wiki/Blaming_the_victim" title="Blaming the victim">Blaming the victim</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bait-and-switch" title="Bait-and-switch">Bait-and-switch</a> • <a href="/wiki/Danth%27s_Law" title="Danth's Law">Danth's Law</a> • <a href="/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense" title="Chewbacca Defense">Chewbacca Defense</a> • <a 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href="/wiki/What%27s_the_harm_(logical_fallacy)" title="What's the harm (logical fallacy)">What's the harm (logical fallacy)</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">Bullshit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Logical_fallacy" title="Logical fallacy">Logical fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Banana_argument" title="Banana argument">Banana argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Scapegoat" title="Scapegoat">Scapegoat</a> • <a href="/wiki/How_come_there_are_still_monkeys%3F" title="How come there are still monkeys?">How come there are still monkeys?</a> • <a href="/wiki/Anti-racist_is_a_code_word_for_anti-white" title="Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white">Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ontological_argument" title="Ontological argument">Ontological argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox" title="Omnipotence paradox">Omnipotence paradox</a> • <a href="/wiki/Presuppositionalism" title="Presuppositionalism">Presuppositionalism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Just_a_joke" title="Just a joke">Just a joke</a> • <a href="/wiki/Countless_counterfeits_fallacy" title="Countless counterfeits fallacy">Countless counterfeits fallacy</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#009761; width:25%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Conditional_fallacies" title="Category:Conditional fallacies"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Conditional fallacies:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Slippery_slope" title="Slippery slope">Slippery slope</a> • <a href="/wiki/What%27s_the_harm_(logical_fallacy)" title="What's the harm (logical fallacy)">What's the harm (logical fallacy)</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special_pleading" title="Special pleading">Special pleading</a> • <a href="/wiki/Conditional_fallacy" title="Conditional fallacy">Conditional fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/On_the_spot_fallacy" title="On the spot fallacy">On the spot fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_the_minority" title="Appeal to the minority">Appeal to the minority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum" title="Argumentum ad populum">Argumentum ad populum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Galileo_gambit" title="Galileo gambit">Galileo gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Professor_of_nothing" title="Professor of nothing">Professor of nothing</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Genetic_fallacies" title="Category:Genetic fallacies"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Genetic fallacies:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Genetic_fallacy" title="Genetic fallacy">Genetic fallacy</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="1" style="background:#009761; width:15%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Appeals_to_authority" title="Category:Appeals to authority"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Appeals to authority:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Ipse_dixit" title="Ipse dixit">Ipse dixit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_confidence" title="Appeal to confidence">Appeal to confidence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum" title="Argumentum ad populum">Argumentum ad populum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_authority" title="Argument from authority">Argument from authority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Linking_to_authority" title="Linking to authority">Linking to authority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Silent_Majority" title="Silent Majority">Silent Majority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Invincible_authority" title="Invincible authority">Invincible authority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_celebrity" title="Appeal to celebrity">Appeal to celebrity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ultracrepidarianism" title="Ultracrepidarianism">Ultracrepidarianism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_the_minority" title="Appeal to the minority">Appeal to the minority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Galileo_gambit" title="Galileo gambit">Galileo gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_identity" title="Appeal to identity">Appeal to identity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Weasel_word" title="Weasel word">Weasel word</a> • <a href="/wiki/Professor_of_nothing" title="Professor of nothing">Professor of nothing</a> • <a href="/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma" title="Euthyphro dilemma">Euthyphro dilemma</a> • <a href="/wiki/Divine_command_theory" title="Divine command theory">Divine command theory</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="1" style="background:#009761; width:15%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Ad_hominem" title="Category:Ad hominem"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Ad hominem:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Ad_iram" title="Ad iram">Ad iram</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_cellarium" title="Argumentum ad cellarium">Argumentum ad cellarium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bulverism" 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