False equivalence

 is a in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency.

Quotes

 * There could not be a more grisly method, even when it involves no violence, to cover up ghastly crimes committed by a people than to indulge in the fallacy of false equivalence. In this fallacy, two incomparable things are compared and declared to be equal because there are always two sides to the story.
 * Nissim Mannathukkaren, The Barbarity of False Equivalence, 8 March 2020, The Wire


 * is denied through false equivalence.
 * Nissim Mannathukkaren, The Barbarity of False Equivalence, 8 March 2020, The Wire