The concept of "both-sidesism" is a thought-terminating cliché that attempts to be a more reasonable sounding way of saying that one side is holy and the other is sinful that was invented on social media platforms for propaganda purposes.

> What the republicans have been doing is nothing at all like what the democrats have done. All of the work of making Americans distrust their government from the executive in the last 60 years have come from Republicans

Many examples have been given in this post's comments alone and are already well-known by the average HN user, such as:

1. The Snowden Leaks (Obama)

2. The Pentagon Papers (exposed under Nixon, describes actions under Kennedy and Johnson administration)

3. The IRS Targeting Controversy (Obama)

4. DOJ Surveillance of Journalists (Obama)