Matakin, da dalilin da yasa yake jin kamar amsa
Wani suka ya sauka: lambobin sun yi kuskure, lokacin kammala ya wuce, an kauce wa tsarin. Amsar ba ta musanta ba — ta canza wuri: "Abin sha'awa, daga tawagar da ta kawo katsewar a watan Maris." Babu abin da aka amsa. Amma wani abu ya faru: dakin yanzu yana tattaunawa kan Maris, asalin zargin yana tsufa ba tare da an magance shi ba, kuma mai suka yana kan kariya. Wannan shine dukkan dabarar — canjin wuri da aka yi wa kwaskwarima a matsayin musantawa.
Yana jin kamar amsa ne saboda yana jawo hankalin wanda ake zargi, kuma tsarin mu na bayar da hujja yana karɓar 'mai sukar yana cikin matsala' a matsayin ci gaba kan 'shin sukar gaskiya ne?'. Ba haka ba ne. A hukumance wannan shine kuskuren tu quoque — 'kai ma' — wani yanayi na kai hari ga mutum: ko da mai munafunci na iya zama daidai game da lambobi.
Tafi da shekaru fiye da sunansa — kusan karni guda
Kalmar ta bayyana a cikin shekarun 1970, tana bayyana wata magana ta kare kai na tsarin mulkin kwamunista, kuma 'whataboutism' ya zama alamar muhawarar Yakin Cacar Baki na Soviet: kowanne suka ga USSR yana haduwa da zunubi na Yamma — mafi shahara amsar da aka saba bayarwa 'kuma kuna kisan gilla ga bakar fata'. Wannan dabarar ta wuce kalmar da karni guda: a cikin shekarun 1880, ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Daular Rasha tana riga tana amsa suka na dabi'un kirki na Amurka ta hanyar nuna tarihin Amurka kanta. Masana tarihi na magana suna danganta wannan motsi da Sophists. An jera shi a matsayin wata dabara ta gangan a tsakanin: a kusa da 1831 Schopenhauer ya lissafa duka rabin motsin a cikin dabarunsa talatin da takwas — juyawa, da amsar da ke juya halayen abokin hamayya a kansu maimakon amsa zargin.
Hanyar jini tana da mahimmanci saboda dalili guda daya na aikace: "whataboutism" shine yadda juyawa ke bayyana idan an kafa shi a hukumance. Idan wata jiha na iya gudanar da shi na tsawon karni, kungiyar aikin na iya gudanar da shi ta hanyar duba baya — sai dai idan dakin yana da wata hanya da ke ci gaba da tambayar asali.
Gane shi — da kuma yanayin daya ne inda ya dace
- ✗Ba a taɓa ɗaukar nauyin ba — bayan musayar guda biyar, tambayar asali har yanzu ba a amsa ba kuma babu wanda ya lura da fita.
- ✗Teatar na daidaito — an zaɓi misalin akasin don jin daɗin daidaito, duk da girman sa ko muhimmancin sa.
- ✗Ragowar mara iyaka — kowanne amsa na haifar da sabon "kuma me game da…", saboda burin shine motsi, ba warwarewa ba.
- ✗Halin adalci: lokacin da tattaunawar ta kasance ainihin game da ka'idojin mai zargi — aiwatarwa mai zaɓi, ka'idojin biyu — tambayar mayar da martani tana da inganci. Sigar gaskiya tana faɗi hakan a fili: "matsala daban, kuma ina son ɗaga ta" — kuma tana karɓar cewa asalin zargin har yanzu yana nan don a amsa.
Teburin ƙidaya
A cikin dakin, teburin yana da sauƙin lissafi: amincewa, ajiye, dawowa. "Maris yana da kyau a tattauna - mu sanya shi a cikin jerin. Tambayar da ke kan tebur ita ce lambobin Q3." Maimaitawa shine dukkan fasahar; dabarar tana mutuwa lokacin da tambayar asali ta ki tsufa.
Tattaunawa a matakin muhawara tana da tambaya da aka tsara, kuma tambayar da aka tsara tana bayyana muhimmanci. "Amma me game da Maris" da aka haɗa da "shin lambobin Q3 ba daidai ba ne?" yana bayyana a waje daga itacen — ba a ɓoye ba, kawai a fili a wani wuri. Kuma tsari yana bayar da abin da babu wata magana da za ta iya yi: za a iya haɓaka juyawar zuwa tambaya da aka tsara da kanta tare da itacenta, shaidarta da rikodin ta. Wannan shine ingantaccen sigar abin da ake kira whataboutism da aka sanya a cikin na'ura — kowanne korafi yana samun wuri, kuma babu wani korafi da zai iya cinye wani.
Inda yake haɗuwa
Whataboutism shine fuskar dabaru ta kuskuren bayar da hujja na asali — hukunta mai jayayya don guje wa hukunta hujjar — kuma yana da kusanci da tushen strawman, wanda shima ke maye gurbin wani abu mai sauƙi don na gaske. Masana sun fara ɗaukar sa a matsayin tsari mai ganewa: takardar NLP ta 2024 tana samarda samfurin ganewar whataboutism a cikin tattaunawar kan layi, wanda shine daidai da nemo hujja — juyawa yana da siffa, kuma ana iya samun siffofi. 'Yan uwansa mafi kusa a cikin jagorar filin sune red herring — duka suna canza batun, daya ta hanyar zargin maƙiyi, daya ta hanyar kowanne rashin dace mai haske — da tu quoque, kakannin sa na mutum-da-mutum.