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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumssean spicer's go to answer: 'Where was the outrage when Obama did it'
this guy is not ready for primetime
day after day
pkdu
(3,977 posts)"where was this outrage for the past hundred years?"
spanone
(135,844 posts)he is just a major prick
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)what was that in response to?
pkdu
(3,977 posts)45s comments about 9th circuit judge and Gorsuchs comments
skip to 24'5"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?423782-1/sean-spicer-briefs-reporters-white-house
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)and for him to start whining about "But what about Obama!!"
He emotional reacts to quickly. Spicer has the wrong personality and demeanor for the position of White House Press Secretary.
That job belongs in the hands of a person with a calm low key personality.
oasis
(49,389 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Whataboutism is a term describing a propaganda technique used by the Soviet Union in its dealings with the Western world during the Cold War. When criticisms were levelled at the Soviet Union, the response would be "What about..." followed by the naming of an event in the Western world.[1][2] It represents a case of tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy),[3] a logical fallacy which attempts to discredit the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position, without directly refuting or disproving the opponent's initial argument.
The term describing the technique was popularized in 2008 by Edward Lucas in an article for The Economist. Lucas said that this tactic is observed in the politics of modern Russia, along with this being evidence of a resurgence of Cold War and Soviet-era mentality within Russia's leadership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Every story about the latest depradation perpetrated by President Trump or his little minions draws a chorus of "Oh yeah? Well, what about . . ." followed by some allegation of dubious reality against Democrats that's supposed to be worser than Hitler. My go-to response will have to be, "Sorry you have a bad case of whataboutery; we're talking about something that actually happened."
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)instead of whataboutism.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)By their own words they seem to be into everything he did.
highplainsdem
(49,004 posts)Especially common on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q=where%20was%20the%20outrage&src=typd
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)I'm confused; did I miss a news cycle?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)They're not buying it.
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)Spicer was trying to silence the one gentleman asking the question about Donald's tweets. Spicer tried to go to another reporter, and the female reporter commented that Spicer should go back to the male reporter's question. (Way to go, reporters, too!!!!!)
I loved it! Spicer is going to have a heart attack - seriously. He cannot hide his utter disgust, and he is a smoldering inferno of hate and anger.
madokie
(51,076 posts)the farts he's been inhaling is dissolving his brain