Jeremy Scahill on the Value of Whataboutism - Intercepted Podcast 

Or, they're simply pointing out retarded false- equivalencies. Like when someone bring up Islamic terror and your side of the commie Lefty weirdo political scale diverts "Whatabouts" to "Right wing terror" or plays "Whatabouts" in regards to "Christian Terror" Instead of focusing on the topic that is the ideology directly responsible for the overwhelming majority of deadly terrorism in the world, you and other sniveling Leftists want to focus on the tiny minority of terrorist ideologies. Why is that? Don't answer that, I already know. It's because Islam is seen as Non-White, and therefore good according to your ilk.

Lol, whoa there Obergruppenfuckface, lets take out all your lunatic vitriol and see what remains: -Right wing terror is unimportant -Islamic terror is important -State terror doesnt deserve mentioning So you prove my point. You are a hypocrite, and want to convince others that hypocrisy is unimportant.

No, Right-wing terror is irrelevant when we are speaking about a specific act of terror that was I and is overwhelmingly committed by a group that uses Islam to kill. It's not misdirection by leftists, it's simply cowardice. Your belligerence says it all, obergruppenfuckface. Please tell me about all the Right-wing terror, without going in the way back machine. Please tell me about all this Christian-terror without bringing up the fucking Crusades or your philosophical debate on "what is Christian terror?". Because that is just a passive way of saying "white Christian-terror". It's the weakest argument and that is why you rely on the false equivalency and obfuscation tactics. That thread is being pulled pretty tight and it's about to snap back and hit you in the face. Reply all you want, I'm not giving you anymore oxygen than I have. But I know how it makes you guys happy to have the last word so here you go...... Jk.

MaoTseFunkadelic And they are losing their argument by falling back on an old fallacy of logic.

@@your_belief_vs_everything Yeah, as you might imagine, more homegrown terrorism occurs in the US than does foreign national terrorism. Considering its much harder to kill people across the world than it is at home. You watch the news lately? Seen any church or synagogue shootings? How about school shootings? Remember Timothy McVeigh? Seriously, you guys need to reassess your rhetoric. Us 'lefties' don't hate things cause they're white, mate. We ridicule things because they're stupid and patently false. Get with it. You'll be glad you did.

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also you should listen to Professor Michael Parenti. political scientist and historian. he is absolutely brilliant

F*** Chomsky Parenti for the win

Or we do our jobs as citizens on this planet and over run reality TV governing. Use your strengths and be grateful for those who illuminate and remind os of our not so distant history. There is no fixing the Gov from within. There is no waiting on false hero's who run for office. Sadly the US populace will allow what is happening and more.

So your big ambition is to have 1,000 exact duplicates? I thought liberals loved diversity. What your describing sounds a lot like totalitarianism. Why am I not surprised? Little tip, democracies work by letting minorities lobby for power in order for ALL people to have a day. That doesn't mean ALL people get their way ALL the time. It's pretty sad that liberals seem to think conservatives are all cross burning Nazis. Being concerned about encroaching Sharia Law should be a concern for everyone. Somehow liberals find it virtuous to give extremists value in our democracy when they give us ZERO value. People like Linda Sarsour lobby for ever increasing government oppression because she wants Sharia Law in sovereign US borders. Do you know what Sharia law Is? Because if you truly did you'd know there is literally no place for it in a sovereign nation that is not Islamist. It also calls for the subjugation of women such as western culture hadn't seen since the 13th century. Women do not enjoy being considered 1/2 the value of a man, or having their clitoris sliced off at prepubescence. That is true Sharia. And I've heard liberals laugh it off as if crazy republicans are just fanatics. Please take a look at communities with large Muslim populations within the US. They already practice Sharia, it IS here. And when will it be serious enough for liberals to care, when women are being whipped in the streets like they are in Africa? Or how about when teenage American girls are being raped by the thousands like they are right now in England? When little girls are bartered off as child brides like they are in Sweden? You know what those countries have in common? They let tens of thousands of Muslim migrants flood into their countries from places where the population cannot read or write in their native language. Where women are forced to wear a Burka or a hijab and must take a male with them to walk down a public road. I wish liberals would open their eyes. This isn't racism. Muslims aren't a race.

Let's do both!!!

Tomas' comment was quite stupid, but even 1,000 clones of Jeremy Scahill would still be a minority. He/They wouldn't be ALL people. The rest of your comment is sheer vicious incoherent nuttery. Thanks!

he used george bush as an example

Why does the Left use whataboutism when discussing the overwhelmingly disproportionate involvement of Muslim in deadly Global terror? "Whatabout them Right wingies! What about them Christians!" instead of focusing on the 96%, The Left wants to whatabout the 4%.

what is 96% doing?

terrorism is only terrorism if it's right wing, if it's left then lynching is actually justifce

I see what you did there

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I will never give my clicks to his garbage again.

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Yeah, but to be fair there's no way in hell you could talk truth like the man in this video and have a show on US television. All things considered John Oliver is doing a fine job.

Marco Palladino Exactly. Whataboutism -- like any rhetorical device -- can be misused. JS has to bear some responsibility for arguing with insincere people. Whataboutism _absolutely_ is _frequently_ used in a fallacious way and rightly called-out.

No, I don't think it's you. Although I'm not sure how to categorize Scahill, Greenwald, Assange, Caitlin Johnstone, Jimmy Dore, et al. "True Progressives?" "True Liberals?" I certainly wouldn't to refer to Cenk, Maddow, Hayes, et al as "Liberals".

I'm torn about classifications. I suppose it's important because it makes it easier to know what not to be. At the same time, when there are classifications, then it's fair to ask when not fitting 100%, when does one fall out? I'm more worried about the acceptance of money in politics and the lack of transparency it brings. That's a big problem I have with Cenk: he has been committed to getting rid of Big Money for a long time, but over the last year or 2, his commitment to transparency has been questionable. For example, I don't think Justice Dems' candidate choosing methodology has been revealed. (yes, I know he no longer works for them) I also don't like the way he uses what is one of the biggest media outlooks around to push candidates, while not disclosing that they are his candidates. He doesn't use his channel to practically mandate debate; i.e., if a candidate were running in a primary, Cenk should be lining up debates on the TYT channel and work to sink any qualified candidate's campaign who refused to participate. (Randy Bryce not willing to debate Cathy Myers? He's out. Alison Hartson won't debate David Hildebrand...She's out. Etc.)

justification of horrible acts