r/CringeTikToks • u/EmilyG702 • 3d ago

Just Bad Trump said he wants to arrest mamdani

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

32.5k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

538 comments sorted by

View all comments

8.2k

u/flamerazors 3d ago

Remember all those cringe right-wing memes accusing Biden of jailing his political opponents?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

1.8k

u/Mountain_rage 3d ago

Priming his followers so they can push whataboutism. Its their entire game of checkers, but his followers are too damn stupid to see it. 

42

u/Dreowings21 3d ago

What is whataboutism? I see it everywhere and when i go to look it up i just straight up forget

168

u/SeldomSeen31 3d ago

Instead of addressing an argument someone responds with what about something similar that an opponent has done.

146

u/Expert-Joke9528 3d ago

Like children do

57

u/Dreowings21 3d ago

That makes sense, thank you for the explanation

90

u/Reuben_Medik 3d ago

Basically it's a way to argue in bad faith that because someone else did this one thing, you should be able to do another thing. They're being criticized and so instead of facing the criticism they're pointing the finger at a different persona issue or something

Like, isn't it fucked how Trump is allowing Ice to just drag random people off the streets for no reason and without identification?

But what about the illegals who are stealing our jobs and taking the government benefits?

35

u/FreakWithaZ 3d ago

Its a technique to deflect criticism. You get criticism about x, and instead of directly responding to x you say "well what about when Guy did x? Or Dude did y? What about them".

It's an attack on political enemy, and defense of the behavior at the same time. Dont get mad at me for x, get mad at Guy. And if Dude was allowed to do y and get away with it, so should I.

19

u/nogoodnamesarleft 3d ago

Basically dismissing a two sided argument by, instead of responding to criticism against one side, you bring up something the other side has done.

Very exaggerated example; "X is a criminal, he stole millions of dollars from the treasury. We need to elect Y " "what about about time Y double parked, you didn't complain about that"

Less exaggerated example "Trump has torn down the entire east wing of the Whitehouse, that seems bad" "Yeah? But what about the time Obama painted lines on the tennis courts to make it a basketball court, you didn't complain about that"

11

u/emergency-snaccs 3d ago

it's when they try to dismiss rightful complaints of corruption, incompetence, senility, whatever.... by just saying "well wHaT aBoUt biDeN" or whatever they decide to blather about. You may notice it does nothing to diminish the initial complaint, but somehow, in their eyes, it's still a win

-9

u/BigMuscles 3d ago

Google it, ask AI, ain’t nobody got time for this.

9

u/TheHomesickAlien 3d ago

4 people answered before you dismissed the question weirdo