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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wasn’t the original comment also a massive whataboutism.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Not really, since it is also a legitimate explanation for why people are always trying to hack Huawei. Whataboutism is when the argument has nothing to do with explaining why it happens and is only used to distract from the issue at hand.