OCinBuffalo Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 (edited) The usual douchebags have found yet another way to play word games. We all know the general definition of whataboutism. (This **** started on a grand scale with the Clintons.) If not, DuckDuckGo is your friend. Here's what I am seeing now though: a whataboutism trap. It goes like this "We should have 0 American citizens being stopped at the border and having their IDs taken/being detained". Notice: the measurement has now been calibrated to 0, in real time. IF one counters with "We have had the lowest rate of that in 6 years. Why didn't Obama do better?" Out comes the "That is whataboutism!" charge. Remember, the "new standard" is now 0. Due to that, logically, ALL further comparison can ONLY BE whataboutism. The measurement wasn't calibrated, it was recalibrated. Any deviation from 0, whether it was 6 months ago, or 6 years ago, gets dumped into the same "unacceptable" bucket. Thus, if today we have the lowest rate of American citizens having their IDs taken/being detained in the last 6 years? Auto-whataboutism . No rational, mathematical, quantifiable comparisons, or marked improvements are allowed to be defined as such...because they don't meet the new recalibration of 0, and hence they are ALL whataboutism. Goal: Obama cannot be worse than Trump at anything, they MUST always be: both bad, or mediocre. Yeah, and I thought Obama was supposed to be on Mt. Rushmore?! ? Now, all that's left? Semantic contortion. We are recalibrated out of comparing Obama to anyone. Watch for this. It's been happening a lot. Edited September 1, 2018 by OCinBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-supporter-threatens-to-kill-journalists_us_5b898740e4b011913872ec68 Trumps rhetoric has consequences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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