Whataboutism
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Whataboutism, also called whataboutery, is a rhetorical ploy believed to have originated in the Cold War era, often used by Soviet propagandists. It seeks to discredit another person's argument without actually or directly refuting it by accusing the other person of doing either the same thing or something that is allegedly equally bad. It is a form of the tu quoque fallacy.