Indeed you did, and then you went on to ask if another poster wanted a definition of "different".
I provided you with the actual, currently operative, definition of "different" as it is used in today's political discussions and the operating definition in US politics today IS
DIFFERENT - "Something that is absolutely identical to something that 'THEIR SIDE' does and which I condemn but which is done by 'MY SIDE'."
Once you have internalized that definition then the position of the vociferous partisans on
BOTH sides of the debate between "The
MORE Reactionary Wing of the American Oligarchic Capitalist Party" and "The
LESS Reactionary Wing of the American Oligarchic Capitalist Party" when they chorus
But, but - but ... That's DIFFERENT!!!
becomes much clearer.