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by pphysch 1147 days ago
> the goal was to stop people from talking about China's actions

You made this up. Nowhere in this thread is it implied.

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this is false.

as an example, look at whether, after the whataboutism, we're discussing the original topic (Tiktok & its actions) or something/someone else.

see? whataboutism deflection succeeded.

it should be clear now why whataboutism is indeed, as shown above, explicitly defined as a logical fallacy, despite the made-up claim that it isn't one.