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Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

No. Whataboutism is lazy misdirection and nothing more. It's not "providing context" it's changing the subject. It's weak and used by people who have no argument or defense for their position. "You too" is a logical fallacy for a reason.