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Don't be dense. Define 'bothsides type' that includes all subsets of the group you're talking about. I'd bet pretty penny it isn't limited to people who use the phrase 'both sides are exactly the same'.
I'm gonna guess this is pretty close: 'someone who criticizes the democrats without clearly signaling their electoral support of them'
Or, put another way:
Those who present of all major sides of an issue to be indistinguishable because they are both flawed, with the implicit or explicit exhortation to support neither, when there are obvious and important differences between the two with one being unambiguously preferable.
I mean, harm reduction is not morally optional, but criticizing the Dems without signaling electoral support is not inherently a "BOTHSIDES" reaction, excepting, say, in the immediate lead-up to an election of unusual importance wherein the only realistic options are fascism or the Dems.
When there is an immediate crisis coming up, wherein messaging is extremely important, and you choose to amplify messages that help fascists without bothering to amplify messages that damage fascists, it's difficult to see that as anything except service to fascism.