Whataboutism in the discussion of religion

[trotsky]

52. Fantastic sentence on that page:

Whataboutism adds a twist to tu quoque by directing its energies into establishing an equivalence between two or more disparate actions, thereby defaming the accuser with the insinuation that their priorities are backwards.

This describes PRECISELY the form of whataboutism guillaumeb most frequently employs.

Someone mentions religious intolerance? G: "WHATABOUT the intolerance of the Chinese government?"

On edit - this too:

Since the Cold War, Moscow has engaged in a political points-scoring exercise known as "whataboutism" used to shut down criticism of Russia's own rights record by pointing out abuses elsewhere. All criticism of Russia is invalid, the idea goes, because problems exist in other countries too. —Max Seddon, Buzzfeed, 25 Nov. 2014

For gil, that sentence simply changes to "All criticism of religion when it comes to the topic of intolerance is invalid, because intolerance exists elsewhere."

NAILED IT.