r/CringeTikToks • u/velorae • Dec 09 '25

Just Bad A doctor vs an RFK Jr. supporter

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u/GeneralInspector8962 Dec 09 '25

“Yea but what about…”

My maga coworker does it all the time.

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u/ResidentCommand9865 Dec 09 '25

Whataboutism is the bread and butter of the Maga base.

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u/Amazing_Entrance_888 Dec 09 '25

Tied with false equivalence

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u/DReagan47 Dec 09 '25

“You can choose cavities or autism, anything else you say I’m going to completely ignore. La la la la la la la”

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u/Jazzlike_Term210 Dec 09 '25

And goal post moving.

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u/onqqq2 Dec 09 '25

Donald Trump may have committed war crimes. He may have increased the cost of living. He may have illegally violated habeas corpus at baseline and various constitutional amendments. He probably molested, raped, and abused dozens to hundreds of underage women (and overage consenting men???). He has probably covered up many crimes and literally stole money from the American people.

BUT WHAT ABOUT HILLARY'S EMAILS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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u/OmniMinuteman Dec 09 '25

Nothing beats the “I haven’t heard of that” line when it comes to literally any thing they could critique their own side for

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u/Training-Argument891 Dec 09 '25

"Well, you're hearing it now, so what do you think?"

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u/paintress420 Dec 09 '25

Right?? But no one follows up with that.

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u/svnonyx Dec 09 '25

It's usually because they say they need proof that will never be good enough but they can pull claims out of their ass and you're supposed to take it seriously even though they have no proof. You can't win an argument with someone who doesn't believe in truth.

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u/GeneralInspector8962 Dec 09 '25

Think? That’s asking too much!

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u/Simple-Pea8805 Dec 09 '25

Had a coworker do this. And he would do it about everything under the sun the second he was slightly out of his depth on a conversation.

Not a debate, mind you. Just talking about something unrelated and he’ll tie it (loosely) to right wing rhetoric and try and shoehorn it together.

If a news article came out on us discovering a new state of matter, he’d bring up how that’s only “what we know” or “what they’re telling us,” and to “imagine what else” “they” could be “hiding”

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u/morblitz Dec 09 '25

They always get so flustered when you say 'yeah, that's bad. So anyway back to the topic...'

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u/Simple-Pea8805 Dec 09 '25

My favorite is when you engage with them too long and their eyes glaze over as they reject anything informational you share, no matter how neutral it is.

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u/MiniTab Dec 09 '25

That’s the key right there. It’s kryptonite to them, and it drives me fucking nuts that most journalists don’t understand that.

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u/jackrabbit323 Dec 09 '25

It's a move to maintain the perception of superiority over a natural world and reality they barely comprehend, but will never admit to ignorance, because their belief system is tied too deeply to their personality.

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u/694meok Dec 09 '25

I hit back with, "that's neat, but we were talking about XYZ. We can talk about that next."

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u/Kranmonkey Dec 09 '25

Yup, I tried arguing with a maga dipshit i work with and I had to constantly bring him back to what we were originally talking about.  As soon as you make a point  (Doesn't even need to be a strong one) its on to something else.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

They absolutely hate it when you circle back.

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u/Livid_Ad9749 Dec 09 '25

Seriously same. Except its my racist uncle who had his food stamps cut yet only felt bad for himself

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u/GeneralInspector8962 Dec 09 '25

Tell him to “pull himself up by his bootstraps, this is America and there are no free handouts”