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[Wilson Gray]

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noun
BRITISH
the technique or practice of responding to an accusation or a difficult
question by making a counteraccusation or by raising a different issue.

A.K.A. "whataboutism" and as the logical fallacy, _tu quoque_
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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