> You should read up on “false equivalence”…

You should read up on "Terrorists or Freedom Fighters":

* https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/terroris...

* https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/no-volume/on-terrorists-a...

I believe the OP's point was precisely that there's no objective true and false equivalence - there's just forces trying to impose a narrative which one is which.