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US files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing an American in the Ukraine invasion (apnews.com)
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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, people can claim they are calling out hypocrisy to justify actually whattaboutism, but that doesn't automatically mean any claim of hypocrisy = whataboutism.

The key line from your own quote is.

which can take on the character of discrediting the criticism, which may or may not be justified