The difference is the magnitude of the problem. Angry groups of people making noise on Twitter is obviously not as urgent as lawmakers and school boards literal

The difference is the magnitude of the problem. Angry groups of people making noise on Twitter is obviously not as urgent as lawmakers and school boards literally banning books on racism, civil rights, the Holocaust, in schools. The authors are calling to fill in potholes on a bridge that’s about to collapse. It’s not whataboutism to point out that their priorities are out of whack.