Whether or not you agree with HF 23, this was not, by any legitimate definition, an air drop.
Do you have any justifications for your claims that it isn't an airdrop?
It seems You have no clue what you are talking about and you are just upset that your friends didn't get an airdrop.
The IRS considers a forked chain to the creation of a new asset class when the legacy coin remains (Steem) and considers the distribution of the new coin (Hive) to be an airdrop and a taxable event:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-19-24.pdf
Further, there are lots of cases where airdrops are not given out to all holders and are selectively distributed, sold etc.. No legal jurisdiction considers this to be a problem.
Just because you hold a cryptocurrency doesn't entitle you to an airdrop under any law. Please inform if this isn't the case before you continue to act like an ignorant fool.