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In reply to the discussion: A simple guide to "whataboutism". [View all]sprinkleeninow
(20,544 posts)60. Below:
In reverse:
pattern--»repetitive actions--»inferred from actions=intent.
No point in any discussion of any sort.
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Meanwhile here's the part you ignored, which evidently didn't support your half-fast interpretation
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#1
I'm confused, I thought turtle drops were a different kind of failure from penguin falls
marylandblue
Oct 2018
#50
Your intent is to divert, which is easily established because you say it is used here.
marylandblue
Oct 2018
#9
Sure, some author ad nauseum threads incessantly whining when their tactics are revealed
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#25
This entire thread(and not the only one) is butthurt after his tactics were called out
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#30
No diversion, because if you think it is a diversion, I will tell you how to thwart it
marylandblue
Oct 2018
#18
You engage in whataboutism yourself and the only defense I've seen you make
marylandblue
Oct 2018
#56
A voice of reason, you, but I will continue to have a fondness for Mssr. Guillaume.
sprinkleeninow
Oct 2018
#90
Sure, kinda like when child rape apologists offer whataboutism in response to RCC criticism
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#26
Why would I want to remedy for your faceplants when so much entertainment value is involved?
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#48
There's still a minuscule of hope if a hairline crack will let in some o' dat light.
sprinkleeninow
Oct 2018
#87
If the Pope raised someone from the dead, most atheists and agnostics would demand evidence
marylandblue
Oct 2018
#10
It better demonstrates those who invent subliterate definitions and apply them arbitrarily
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#71
You can't even manage to understand who quoted the definition to begin with
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#79
Since you've chosen condescension rather than substance, I'll simply remind you of your failure
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#117
It's been 'hear/tell' that Orthodox have been labeled as the schismatics, and
sprinkleeninow
Oct 2018
#67
If me and mine were communicating in a jurisdiction that some on here mb referring to,
sprinkleeninow
Oct 2018
#100
Whew! I am relieved! No really. This religion thingy is a sticky wicket.
sprinkleeninow
Oct 2018
#101
Which is just another instance of inventing nonsense to counter those who disagree
Major Nikon
Oct 2018
#74
Not 'imaginary'. Last time I sunned myself, I turned a lovely nut brown.
sprinkleeninow
Oct 2018
#86