I really hate whataboutery.

If I post something about Ukraine, someone will ask, "But what about Gaza?"

If I post something about Gaza, someone will ask, "But what about Ukraine?"

It is okay to have an interest, but it is really not okay to waste everyone's time by popping up in every thread on Mastodon to ask, "Is my preferred topic not more important than this?"

It is not helpful. You are not not changing anything. You are just spamming, and that is not cool.

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@randahl but what about bothsides-ism? are you really not going to even mention bothsides-ism when talking about whataboutery? typical.

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