The tedium of ‘do as I say, not as I do’, whataboutism and the creation of false narratives

Recent events on the geopolitical global stage have thrown up, in its starkest relief yet, the frightening growth in public displays of hypocrisy and blatant dishonesty being demonstrated by many of the world’s political leaders.

  • @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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    03 years ago

    Whataboutism callout itself is a pseudo intellectual dog whistle, from just about any contemporary example. Then you have projection, reductio ad absurdum, false equivalences, ad hominems, use of manufactured news articles to push agendas and so on. Of course, then there is the hidden bigotry, ableism, classist attitudes.

    On top of all this is the corrupt liberal left pissing everywhere on any counter efforts made against neocons and modern day neo nazis. A lot of things have to stop, not just one, for this to change.