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[–]Nombre27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That cuts both ways.

It acclimatizes people to continue not caring who they're supporting as they care about the message, i.e. not committing the ad hominem fallacy (shooting the messenger) and points out the fallaciousness of their opponents. I know that kind of reasoning doesn't apply to most or perhaps even many, but still.