Another logical fallacy

Salviati: John tortured a puppy.Simplicio: So what? Freddy stole a marshmallow.I suppose you could call this whataboutism, and it is a common debating tactic of people who have no arguments on their side.I am well aware, as I have affirmed here before, that numerous elected officials were wrongly sanguine about the coronavirus threat for a time, and/or delayed too long in taking mitigating measures. This includes politicians of both parties. Most of them, with the notable exception of 8 Republican governors who are still trying to kill their constituents, came around to the view that the crisis was real, and took strong action, long before the Resident admitted the truth. Unfortunately in the case of New Orleans that was not until the Mardis Gras celebration had happened which was probably a disastrous decision. To what extent Bill de Blasio ' s insouciant remarks may have made matters worse is less clear. I am not " covering this up, " these stories have been extensively covered and everybody knows about them.Pointing to these unfortunate facts is not somehow a rebuttal to pointing to the disastrous, stupid, narcissistic, mendacious and deranged performance of the single individual with the greatest responsibility to exercise wise and humane leadership in this circumstance. It is largely irrelevant. It is an attempt to deflect and distract.Once again, and will not repeat this: my intention here is to promote intelligent, informed, constructive discourse. I will not publish p...
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