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Noun: whataboutery
Usage: informal
  1. An attempt to discredit an opponent's argument or question by accusing them of hypocrisy (or some other accusation)) rather than countering the actual argument
    - whataboutism [informal]

Derived forms: whatabouteries

Encyclopedia: Whataboutery