The word whataboutism is a red flag that a person doesn ' t have a coherent argument . Uh , no it isn ' t . It ' s to call out someone not honestly discussing human rights in North Korea . I ' m a french canadian criticizing NK , what are you gonna do , point out the fact that my criticism isn ' t okay because my french colonial ancestors did bad stuff 300 years ago ? that is threatening to your point of view . Except hammering on the USA isn ' t threatening to my point of view . At all . It ' s just completely irrelevant , as if North Korea has no control over itself and it ' s all the USA ' s fault if they ' re human rights abusers . Somehow . The current North Korean state is a direct result of foreign American and European imperialists waging an ideological war in Asia against AsiansWhat . ? Its crimes are the causal result of that conflict . Ignoring that fact with hysterical and irrational cries of whataboutism does not change that fact . You are purposefully and dishonestly absolving NK of all responsibility it has towards international law by once again pointing the finger at . drumroll . evil white people ! EDIT Looked at post history . You are just blatantly racist against white people , hiding it behind pseudointellectual hogwash and a troll . I regret writing this .