Whataboutism is a fallacy when applied to moral arguments, not resource allocation arguments (which is what I at least read the OP as making). Everyone has a fi

Whataboutism is a fallacy when applied to moral arguments, not resource allocation arguments (which is what I at least read the OP as making). Everyone has a finite amount of time and resources for political participation, the DoJ (and every other prosecutor's office) has finite personnel and resources to devote to cases, etc. Unlike moral debate, choosing to protest/investigate some specific cause/company is a genuine zero-sum game because there are far more choices than there are resources to pursue them. Choosing one means not choosing another, so it's completely reasonable to question whether any given choice is providing the best ROI. That's a genuine major part of a prosecutor's job description, and it applies to citizens too. It's quite possible to put in a ton of time and effort and achieve nothing because it was a bad approach.