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mattmcknight on April 11, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: What-aboutery

It's a bit more than that, because it is an attempt to accuse the other party of hypocrisy.

ZeroGravitas on April 12, 2009 [–]

One of the comments claims it is called a Tuo Quoque (You also) Fallacy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

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