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Topic	Is nobody watching the Kavanugh stream?
darkknight109 09/28/18 7:40:56 PM #104:	OhhhJa posted... darkknight109 posted... This is not whataboutism, because it's all related to the same line of logic. Whataboutism is when you call up a completely different issue to try and derail the conversation. "Donald Trump has been accused of molesting goats on six different occasions? Well, what about the time when Obama wore a tan suit? Shouldn't that get scorn too?" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque His post fits perfectly with that criteria Not so. His post is a valid argument, because he is pointing out errors in the Republicans' own logic. Specifically, the Republicans' attempt to ram through a nomination without proper oversight because of a looming election is incongruous with the justification they used during the last election cycle, which is that "judges should not be selected within a year of an election". The Republicans in 2016 established that it was OK to slow-walk a nomination if an election was coming up, ergo the Democrats doing the same in 2018 is fair play. You can like both or hate both, but pointing out the logical inconsistency in the Republican position is not, in and of itself, a logical inconsistency. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:909628741] in Is nobody ... [t:77045787]...</cite> <quote><cite>OhhhJa posted...</cite> <quote><cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>This is not whataboutism, because it's all related to the same line of logic. Whataboutism is when you call up a completely different issue to try and derail the conversation. "Donald Trump has been accused of molesting goats on six different occasions? Well, what about the time when Obama wore a tan suit? Shouldn't that get scorn too?"</quote> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque His post fits perfectly with that criteria</quote> Not so. His post is a valid argument, because he is pointing out errors in the Republicans' own logic. Specifically, the Republicans' attempt to ram through a nomination without proper oversight because of a looming election is incongruous with the justification they used during the last election cycle, which is that "judges should not be selected within a year of an election". The Republicans in 2016 established that it was OK to slow-walk a nomination if an election was coming up, ergo the Democrats doing the same in 2018 is fair play. You can like both or hate both, but pointing out the logical inconsistency in the Republican position is not, in and of itself, a logical inconsistency. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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