whataboutery (plural whatabouteries) (informal, pejorative)
Protesting at hypocrisy; responding to criticism by accusing one's opponent of similar or worse faults.
Protesting at inconsistency; refusing to act in one instance unless similar action is taken in other similar instances.

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学英语单词
acclimatising
Anhwei
antennal
antinoscope
arch-conservative
azharis
backfriends
band of error
bid form
bolyais
breach of prison
canon of ethics
Cartmel
cassia marginatas
cholalic acid
classification of track
counterworks
cranings
crew's messroom
Cyclobalanopsis kerrii
cyclopean deformity
Dee, John
delusionss of persecution
dyhrkopp
dynamite density
early stage of gastric cancer
ecosystem hierarchical model
electrically connected
erdite
Euromyth
eve-star
flotillin
front runners
function relay
gimpest
gloriations
half-nose
halosauropsis macrochir
handclasps
hissies
hitlers
housekeeping segment
HPr-2
hubeiensis
hygroscopic moisture of grain
ideological barriers
impassiveness
implexions
in-places
inactive entry
initialize mode
isometric coefficient of lactic acid
Kalix
leg-room
locomotive kilometers
lower-division
Lumpeninae
maritime flag
megabromite
Moho boundary
movable ball support
natural crack
Nikol'skoye
nosing bead
oil cakes
Oklahoma City
olenitis
one-way attenuation
overelaborately
Overland Trail
oweiss
oxydiethanoic acid
Paihia
paraskenia
perceived cost
photoemissive tube photometer
Phuc Loi
pipe-laying trencher
port protection device
primary stem villus
professional life
proper functioning of the major organs
reconstructed frame
safety switch
seducees
short-term memories
slum area
solder brazing
sphincter
stable amplitude
statement of the income and expenditure
super-gene
Tamus
tarow
Tate,Nahum
tax-for-fees reform
the same size as
thursday-night
transverse piezooscillation
two thousand
Van Cortlandtville
work-study system