To the editor: In questioning the motives of protesters, one letter writer lists several instances of other governments' misconduct in the form of persecution of Indigenous populations and, in Russia's case, launching a war against Ukraine. Although these are all causes worthy of protest, they are irrelevant to the Israeli-Hamas conflict. This is an example of the "whataboutism" pseudo-argument that tries to dilute or distract from the legitimate examination of a particular issue. In expressing... Read this story