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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I can't find it, but a few years ago a user here did an effortpost showing how whataboutism was first used by the British to silence claims of wrongdoing in Ireland, and then quickly adopted and propagated by the CIA as a way to obfuscate discussion.
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