Whataboutism refers to an appeal to hypocrisy, which this article is not. Your comments are pretty much the textbook example "And you are lynching Blacks!" that

Whataboutism refers to an appeal to hypocrisy, which this article is not. Your comments are pretty much the textbook example "And you are lynching Blacks!" that used to be the Soviet retort to American criticism of their society, which don't change the truth about those criticisms. America being terrible does not factor into the equation of whether or not this was genocide. Basically, I think you may be right, and there is a lot to criticize from both societies, and the important thing is to keep doing it, and keep calling a spade a spade. To require critics themselves to be blameless distracts us from the issue.