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“Two things can be true at once.” — person definitely not struggling with cognitive dissonance
(hexbear.net)
Yea yea I know, not all contradictions imply a fundamental error.
This line is currently in popular usage by online liberals who are forced to work through their 
as China ascends, as DPRK approaches normalization, as Iran demonstrates its regional force, as Ukraine inevitably loses, as the US murders and still loses, as Sahel states inch toward sovereignty. These contradictions are becoming more striking and difficult to hand-wave. And in the first phase of this dissonance, the reflex is to allow the dissonance no matter how deafening.
"That's whataboutism" <- person confused when politics is being discussed by comparison of alternatives or analogy instead of a moral framework litigated from first-principles moment-to-moment.
This drives me insane. "Oh, so you don't think X is bad? Then I suppose you must think Y is good, huh? What about Z, is Z suddenly acceptable too you demonic fuck?"