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A propaganda technique where criticisms are deflected by raising corresponding criticisms of the opposite side.

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whataboutism

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A propaganda technique where criticisms are deflected by raising corresponding criticisms of the opposite side.

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相手の批判に対して、あえて相手側の非難を持ち出し、批判を回避・転嫁するプロパガンダ戦略

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His constant whataboutism during the debate prevented any meaningful discussion of the policy's flaws.

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討論中に彼が繰り返し相手側の欠点を持ち出して批判をそらすという論法を用いたため、その方針の欠点について有意義な議論ができなかった。

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A propaganda technique where criticisms are deflected by raising corresponding criticisms of the opposite side.

And I'd no time at all for 'What aboutism' - you know, people who said 'Yes, but what about what's been done to us? ... That had nothing to do with it, and if you got into it you were defending the indefensible.

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