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Weird, I feel like "both sides" rhetoric is delusional and anyone spouting it at this point is covering for fascist garbage.
Democrats have a corporate tit sucking problem and aren't doing enough. Republicans are trying to burn down the planet by doing the opposite of whatever knowledgeable people tell them should be done. These two groups are not the same, OBVIOUSLY.
Every group has problems, Democrats are not angels. This is not news to anyone. "Ackthually, both sides" isn't a well considered rhetorical position, it's a suicide note.
Just as with the Israel/Hamas conflict, there is something called nuance. We can criticize the Democratic Party without being Anti-Democrat.
The post I replied to was not a well reasoned critique of the Democratic party; it was a false equivalency. Mine, however, did contain a fairly specific critique of Democrats. I have adopted the nuance you mentioned. The question is why you're choosing to ignore that.
Their critiques are valid and reasonable. Your attempt to shame them into silence is not
The whole system is broken, though. Just because one is worse doesn't mean the other is perfect.
"The whole system is broken" is so nebulous a critique as to be meaningless. The system exhibits specific problems for which there are certain rememdies. The reasons for the lack of attempt for these remedies range from corruption to lack of political will.
If what you're actually saying is "we need to burn it all down and start over" please kindly say so and you're welcome to go on my block list with all the other Saturday Morning Cartoon Revolutionaries without the faintest conception of the vast ocean of suffering you would unleash on your countrymen.
It is nebulous, but I'm the one that phrased it as system. The comment you replied to listed parts of the system specifically that they felt were problematic and applied to both parties. It's by no means them saying both sides are the same, though.
Meh. I'm a gradualist. I think there are ways to incrementally improve the world that aren't impossible to implement.