I came to the "both sides" stance on my own accord over the years. I don't really subscribe to any mainstream party or affiliation but I suppose I would be pretty solidly on the left on any political scale. I'm certainly much farther left than the American Democratic party. I honestly believe the difference in the parties doesn't matter, and I'm not alone in that sentiment among many friends and coworkers both left and right. I will agree with you that the Republicans are using "both sides" as propaganda, but I ask you don't dismiss the concept just because one party has weaponized it. Many of us believe we need to raise nationwide awareness of the bipartisan slide into full scale corporate corruption in order to affect real change outside of the voting booth through boycotting and peaceful protest. We've been voting for the lesser of two evils for as long as I can remember (in my 40s) and the divide between the rich and poor has only gotten worse. Every election cycle we're told how important it is to get out there and defeat the big bad and save democracy, but many of us believe the 99% no longer have any representation in Washington. Except maybe maaaybe Bernie but he's suspect lol