Walt Longmire
Well-Known Member
The media are again today sneeringly crying 'whataboutery' when the Kris Boyd abuse is brought into the current debate but what is 'whataboutery' if not's just the articulation of a counter view with supporting evidence to balance an argument and establish context.
It's a cornerstone of our Justice system and every day in Criminal Courts opposing evidence is presented in the pursuit of justice and fairness. That's 'whataboutery'.
'Whatabout' the fact that Steven Gerrard this season - and every Rangers manager and countless players in living memory - have been serenaded with 'Orange bastard' without a single word of comment or condemnation from the football authorities, the media or government. 'Whatabout' the hanging effigies?
'Whatabout' we recognise that 'sectarian abuse' is about a whole lot more than calling someone a '19th Century Terrorist bastard'.
(Already posted this in a thread yesterday but I think it's time to put 'whataboutery' to bed before the media and politicians use it solely to limit the debate to Rangers fans.)
It's a cornerstone of our Justice system and every day in Criminal Courts opposing evidence is presented in the pursuit of justice and fairness. That's 'whataboutery'.
'Whatabout' the fact that Steven Gerrard this season - and every Rangers manager and countless players in living memory - have been serenaded with 'Orange bastard' without a single word of comment or condemnation from the football authorities, the media or government. 'Whatabout' the hanging effigies?
'Whatabout' we recognise that 'sectarian abuse' is about a whole lot more than calling someone a '19th Century Terrorist bastard'.
(Already posted this in a thread yesterday but I think it's time to put 'whataboutery' to bed before the media and politicians use it solely to limit the debate to Rangers fans.)