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nah, the “and you are lynching negroes” example is specifically human rights based. You counter a human rights thing with a human rights thing. E.g. “it’s a bit rich to complain about our human rights abuses when you are abusing human rights”
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It is valid to point
More an interesting observation, not a persuasive argument because it’s a switch.
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@mashton
Whataboutism is not what @andyp did there.
It is valid to point out that someone is complaining about one instance of a thing whilst not complaining about another instance of it. They are displaying hypocrisy, as @andyp pointed out.
Whataboutism is when you use a spurious, non-related criticism to imply hypocrisy where none exists - as defined in the wiki link you used in lieu of a post. e g. "It's a bit rich to moan about the undemocratic commission when you are lynching negroes at home." (Example drawn, again, from your wiki link).