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3. Whataboutism is appropriate when the issue of
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 05:21 PM
Apr 2019

religious exceptionalism seems to pop up.

"We need to dispose of religion because it's exceptional in that child abuse occurs there" seems a not infrequent refrain. Sometime's it's hedged, "it's much more prevalent there than elsewhere," as though the claim were evidence.

At that point the issue isn't so much "what can religious organizations do to prevent child sexual abuse" and "child sexual abuse is grounds for preventing religious organizations," it goes from discussing policy and how good policy can be implemented to being a tirade against religion.

Having the discussion diverted before that, the discussion can't really be diverted after that.

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