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kentuck

(111,078 posts)
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 05:37 PM Mar 2021

"Well, what about so-and-so and why didn't they do something about it??"

Common Questions of Republicans

"But what about those gangs out in Washington?" (They are worse than the people that attacked our Capitol and killed and threatened the inhabitants.)

"It's worse than a disaster....why doesn't Joe Biden do something about it?" (As if the immigrants do not listen to FOX, CNN, and MSNBC, or have not heard about it)

It's always somebody else's fault. Every problem is someone else's creation and responsibility.

They can only criticize. They do not offer solutions.

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"Well, what about so-and-so and why didn't they do something about it??" (Original Post) kentuck Mar 2021 OP
Yes!! They never offer solutions. Once upon a time they had ideas. I didn't agree, but Biophilic Mar 2021 #1
I call it "Whataboutism" and Karma13612 Mar 2021 #2
Yep, that's the common term for it. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #3

Biophilic

(3,645 posts)
1. Yes!! They never offer solutions. Once upon a time they had ideas. I didn't agree, but
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 05:43 PM
Mar 2021

at least they had ideas and offered solutions. Now nothing but crazy shit and criticism of what is obviously working for the American people. It's like I can't even recognize them anymore.

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
2. I call it "Whataboutism" and
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 10:34 PM
Mar 2021

It is now at a fever-pitch in the republican playbook.

Deflection, obfuscation, whataboutism

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
3. Yep, that's the common term for it.
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 10:38 PM
Mar 2021

They view themselves as "the deciders" (as Dumbya called himself) in this country, always to judge others while escaping even basic introspection of themselves.

Evangelicals who are focused on converting others to their beliefs are a perfect match for them too.

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