tu quoque

From Latin tu (“you”) quoque (“also”)

• IPA^(key): /tuːˈkwoʊkwiː/

tu quoque

1. (often attributive) An argument whereby an accusation or insult is turned back on the accuser; same to you
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 205:

     In the long run, the facile tu quoque arguments, such as those offered by Massu on the Alleg case, can only lead to an endless escalation of horror and degradation.

   • 2007, Perry Anderson, “Russia's Managed Democracy”, in London Review of Books, number 29:2, page 10:

     The idealising side of Furman's construction exposes itself to the tu quoque retorts with which Putin and his aides now relish silencing criticism by the West.

• whataboutism
• argumentum ad hominem
• two wrongs don't make a right