Pedantery ahoy, but I’ll take your question at face value.

There is no such term, as nobody is a whataboutist. Whataboutism is a rhethoric tool.

While some rhethoric tools are always used intentionally, like jaq-ing and concern trolling. some are frequently (far from always!) used unconsciously because they just feel right:

Attack on character, sealioning, whataboutism, appeal to authority, argument to moderation, fallacy of the beard, false dilemma, false equivalence, kettle logic, et cetera.

In my experience, the answer to your question is “usually not”.

Please keep all replies on topic. People should be able to have a discussion about the term without devolving into personal attacks.

Some do; others think it’s a valid argument because they see their media sources (or at least people around them) do it.

What about a whataboitist that’s in fact a she? Or, like “they”

Yeah I thought so.

(/s)

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