No. It is not a "better comparison." It is a lame-ass dodge with zero substance.

https://jlalbrecht.medium.com/i-find-it-sad-that-people-who-dont-agree-with-your-opinion-say-you-must-be-paid-by-russia-or-be-a-9f9b4598a0ff

“To criticize one's country is to do it a service... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism--a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation.”

― J. William Fulbright (Senator)