The false equivalency both sides do it meme drives me insane.

[Funtatlaguy]

How many times have you heard a babbling talking head say that two situations are similar that you know are in no way similar.
Hillary’s email server and Trumps insanity are a good example. The meme was that both candidates were equally bad choices and both liars, etc. No, they weren’t and aren’t, of course.

Imagine this scenario, two candidates running for Mayor.
The Repub is a former corporate CEO multi millionaire that was convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands and spent a year in prison.
The Dem is a former homeless Veteran that once stole some milk to feed her baby and she spent a month in jail for stealing.
Imagine this headline: “Both Mayoral candidate are convicted thieves”.
It’s actually factually true.
But, it’s a major false equivalency. What they stole and why are very jdifferent and the details would certainly seem relevant to voters, right?

Argh.

[Amishman]

1. There are plenty of areas where both sides are dirty... And those are the ones you rarely hear about

Insider trading, wall street kickbacks, promoting asset forfeiture, funneling pork spending to their districts, the list goes own. What is the common thread? Raking in money or buying influence with the taxpayers dime.

And yet we usually only hear the 'both sides do it' about little shit or stupid scandals

[jberryhill]

2. Yes, but it drives both sides insane