Writing it off as "whataboutism" is a way to avoid uncomfortable lines of questioning No it's not, it's to point out a clear logical fallacy in OP's post. Why

Writing it off as "whataboutism" is a way to avoid uncomfortable lines of questioning No it's not, it's to point out a clear logical fallacy in OP's post. Why exactly did so many people magically become dead-set against all these government abuses on Jan 20, 2017, specifically? They didn't; this is false. The same people who are angry at specific abuses after Jan 20 were also angry before. See the thousands of articles posted on HN about these issues over the past eight years. This is also true from major news sources - even the liberal ones haven't failed to criticize Obama over these issues. That having been said, it should be expected that a president who is more severe in abusing his power would provoke more anger. It's not black and white. Are they really here to help the fight for $CAUSE, or are they exploiting the cause for petty power games? For the rest of your post, can you explain what you mean by "they", by "the fight for $CAUSE" and the "Fight Against Tyranny"? Also, can you give specific examples? This is too ambiguous to respond to.