Or it could just merely be that a long time ago someone has come to the conclusion that no matter what side the line you were on, one of three things happens. You get abused, you get taken advantage of, or you just don't fit in no matter what side it is. To force oneself into, or let others force you into, compliance of a particular mindset makes one part and parcel to what is described in the post. Maybe I can see more clearly your whole lines of bullshit because I was guided though my young adulthood by two very different sets of individuals, whom I owe a lot of gratitude to, a couple on the conservative side, and a couple on the liberal side. Each very much entrenched in their positions. Before that period of time I grew up in a vast wasteland of nothingness having to be guided by my own senses of right and wrong, and an occasional positive influence that came along. There are no blurry lines here, you know nothing of the experiences that people live through, I don't move through life with my eyes half shut to the other side of the line, I've experienced both of them plus some. The most deadliest of people in this world is those who try and make you comply.