(not the actual mim)
Liberals - “They never criticize Russia!”
Hexbear/Lemmygrad users - detailed list of wrongs committed by the Russian state, with accompanying list of much more fucked up wrongs by the US.
Liberals - “Those are Russian talking points!”
It’s more that they think bringing up Russia is a spell disallowing us from speaking about the crimes of other countries for a duration. The cries of whataboutism is supposed to be counterspell.
You might be onto something with that kind of language. Give me a while, I’ve got a reference for you, about how magic is central to liberal states. I’ve just got to think of where it might be or who wrote it.