anyway, "whataboutism" is just liberals not taking responsibility for their own hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance.
No.
"Whataboutism" is a rhetorical trick, developed by the KGB, to conflate and obfuscate criticism of the party.
So rather than answer for the fact that Trump lies and you buy it, you seek to diminish the personal significance that has specifically to you by trying to draw an equivalence to show false balance.
And you only do that because of your own fucking ego.
You don't want to admit you're not as smart or savvy as you want people to believe.
You want people to believe you're smart and savvy enough to find points of agreement with Trump. But the problem is, the moment we scratch lightly beneath the surface, the ugly intent of what you're doing becomes insidiously clear.