"The funny thing is the way sometimes a person can start off saying both sides are pretty bad, but that one is marginally better, so they'll go with that. And before you know it, they're saying their chosen side is great and the other is unspeakably awful."


                  Yes, that is a problem. If you think one side might be just marginally better than the other, or even if the other party thinks the one side is wonderful and you do not, once you voice an opinion, you are attacked. If you try to defend yourself, you are attacked again, and then you feel like you have to say something really damaging to the side the other person is defending.
                  The only sure fire way to avoid this is to keep your mouth shut in the first place.