One of the easiest - and laziest - weapons in our public political discourse is the use of whataboutisms.
Generally speaking, they are no excuse for behavior that is subject to scrutiny - they simply justify it. Just because someone else has done something wrong does not give us license to do the same thing without accountability.
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