I definitely don’t think blue is always right. Been a long time since I’ve seen them be less wrong than red though. And, I’ve seen what they do when we let them have power these days.

I will vote against red at every level, from local on up, because they have shown me (and all of us) who they are. I believe Republicans in power are a worse thing for this country than any likely negative impact from voting blue.

In the meantime, I’ll hope that blue become better at living up to something more than just not being red.

Maybe R will reform themselves enough to be trusted with adult things before I die of old age. I’m not holding my breath.

Regardless, I appreciate your nuanced rebuttal, and can see that your aim was not as it appeared to me. However, I like to remind folks at every opportunity that influencers in online discussions who do “both sides” an argument are never doing it to promote balance, even though they always try to frame it that way. They are doing it to help one particular side.

For that reason, I still stand by the comment, am glad it was well received by others, and hope it will shape how they evaluate that sort of argument when it comes up.