whataboutism bothsidesism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5432679 An informal logical fallacy that occurs when two sides of an argument are assumed to have equal or comparable value regardless of their respective merits, which (in turn) can lead to the conclusion that the answer to a problem is always to be found between two extremes. false balance false balance fallacy false equivalency argumentum ad temperantiam