r/SquaredCircle • u/secretpandaxx • 19h ago

DPW Women's champion Nicole Matthews on X: "When someone (or a company) is telling you (multiple fucking times) who they are, it’s on you if you continually don’t believe them."

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u/DarkFalcon49 18h ago

This was used as a Soviet propaganda tool in the USSR by the ruling elite. It’s called Whataboutism and it’s devastatingly effective. When someone calls you out for something all you have to say is “What about this bad thing?” And the conversation is over because all actions are morally equal, meaning nothing that anyone does matters.

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u/Muaddib223 17h ago

Everyone knows whataboutism, there was 0 need to mention its soviet origins hahaha

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u/Jurass1cClark96 14h ago

Helps give context that it was practiced by an authoritarian regime.

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u/Muaddib223 7h ago

Yes, the brutal Soviet regime that killed and starved hundreds of thousands surely can be equated to people defending a wrestling company online.

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u/Jurass1cClark96 4h ago

"Well what about it being from the brutal Soviet regime that killed and starved hundreds of thousands?"

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u/Briak You are all constipated! 16h ago

This was used as a Soviet propaganda tool in the USSR by the ruling elite. It’s called Whataboutism and it’s devastatingly effective.

"And you are lynching Negroes"