Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"And you are lynching Negroes\" (Russian: \"А у вас негров линчуют\", A u vas negrov linchuyut, \"And at your place, they are lynching Negroes\") and the later \"And you are hanging blacks\" (Russian: \"А у вас негров вешают\") are anecdotal counter-argument catchphrases, which epitomize the tu quoque arguments used by the Soviet Union in response to allegations that it had violated human rights and other criticisms. Use of the phrase refers to such attempts to deflect criticism, e.g. by referencing racial discrimination and lynching in the United States.The Economist popularized the term whataboutism for the repeated usage of this rhetorical tactic by the Soviet Union.The Soviet media frequently covered stories of racial discrimination in the west, as well as reporting on the impacts of unemployment and financial crises, which were seen as inherent problems of the capitalist system that had been erased by the strict egalitarianism of the Communist system. The history of lynchings of African Americans was thus seen as an embarrassing skeleton in the closet for the US which the Soviets frequently used as a stock form of defensive rhetorical ammunition whenever they were reproached for the various failings of the Soviet system, such as their inferior industrial and agricultural production, their human rights abuses and the relatively low standard of living for their workers."@en }
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- And_you_are_lynching_Negroes abstract "\"And you are lynching Negroes\" (Russian: \"А у вас негров линчуют\", A u vas negrov linchuyut, \"And at your place, they are lynching Negroes\") and the later \"And you are hanging blacks\" (Russian: \"А у вас негров вешают\") are anecdotal counter-argument catchphrases, which epitomize the tu quoque arguments used by the Soviet Union in response to allegations that it had violated human rights and other criticisms. Use of the phrase refers to such attempts to deflect criticism, e.g. by referencing racial discrimination and lynching in the United States.The Economist popularized the term whataboutism for the repeated usage of this rhetorical tactic by the Soviet Union.The Soviet media frequently covered stories of racial discrimination in the west, as well as reporting on the impacts of unemployment and financial crises, which were seen as inherent problems of the capitalist system that had been erased by the strict egalitarianism of the Communist system. The history of lynchings of African Americans was thus seen as an embarrassing skeleton in the closet for the US which the Soviets frequently used as a stock form of defensive rhetorical ammunition whenever they were reproached for the various failings of the Soviet system, such as their inferior industrial and agricultural production, their human rights abuses and the relatively low standard of living for their workers.".