This is by far the most destructive false equivalency of the many false equivalencies that are emerging worldwide but especially in the UK and USA. It is responsible for the Brexit vote and soon elections in the US.

Mother Teresa May's Boris Johnson is the Fluke of Dumbledore's UK's foreign secretary is also in charge of creating false equivalencies second only to Trump.

Its been some time since Stephen Colbert's term "Truthiness" has reminded us of the dangers of the false equivalency.

It is important to learn to see the Feelings equals Facts ruse.
I always warned of this as being a hypnotic technique when used for evil is very evil.

Perhaps a few examples would make things crystal clear;
There are people who feel like believing something to be true is the same as something being true.
People sometimes emphasize feelings over facts like:
Obama is a Muslim.
The vast majority of people today do not feel safe
The whole economy feels stuck.
It feels like we have lost the war on Islam terrorism.
It feels like Jews are the real bullies...

There are many bright eyed rational members here who do state the clarity of facts only to be assailed by someone's feeing's about those facts.

People bring feelings to a fact fight.
If the topic were meta physics that might be acceptable, but not politics.