Yes, but this requires that people understand what's going on in Syria/Egypt. That's not the case with the people who compare their situation to the Arab Spring

Yes, but this requires that people understand what's going on in Syria/Egypt. That's not the case with the people who compare their situation to the Arab Spring and the like. They make the comparison because it lionizes their identification as underdogs in an oppressive governmental regime, not because it has a whit of accuracy. They see the press praise the revolutionaries are brave people, so they compare it to themselves.