[crims0n]

This is hn not reddit, do you really expect a response to your whataboutism?

[angoragoats]

His reply was not whataboutism; it was a legitimate and direct retort to your post that exposes that what you asserted was false.

[crims0n]

You can literally replace the first four words in their sentence with “What about when”.

[angoragoats]

That’s not what whataboutism is; it requires the “what about when” to be followed by a change of topic, to distract the other party from the original topic.

[crims0n]

Like when I made a comment on general etiquette and someone else shifted the conversation to one of the worst moments of the civil rights movement?

[angoragoats]

Nope.

[LetsGetTechnicl]

"Whataboutism" is just asking you to validate your claims, I guess.

[crims0n]

You don’t need me to validate it for you, search “never discuss politics or religion in polite company” - it was a common maxim.